The <span> Element

Inline Text Semantics

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

Attributes for <span>

Type	Attribute List
'Standard' Attributes	(none)

Recommended Links

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

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "span element"
• Google "span element"