The <div> Element

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The <div> element, when used with global attributes like "dir", "id", "class", "lang", "style", etc., offers a generic mechanism for adding structure or styling information to flow content in documents.

Attributes for <div>

Type	Attribute List
'Standard' Attributes	(none)
New HTML5 Attributes	"writingsuggestions"
Obsolete Attributes	"align"

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search <div> (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search <div> (email client compatibility information)
• HTML 4.01: DIV element
• HTML5 (WHATWG): div element
• MDN: <div>
• Quackit: HTML <div> tag

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "div element"
• Google "div element"