HTML Block and Inline Elements

 

HTML Inline and Block Elements

HTML elements can be broadly categorized into one of two categories:

  • Inline Elements: <span>, <a>, <strong>, <img> etc.
  • Block Elements: <p>, <div>, <h1>, <figure> etc.

HTML Inline Elements

Inline elements are displayed on the same line. They do not start on a new line and take up only as much width as their contents require. An example of an inline element is the <span> tag.

<p>This is how <span style="border: 1px solid black">span</span> works. </p>

Browser Output

Example of span as an inline element

If we have multiple span tags, they get placed on the same line. For example,

<p> The following spans will be inline; <span style="border: 1px solid black">Span 1</span> and <span style="border: 1px solid black">Span 2</span>.</p>

Browser Output

Example of multiple spans on the same line

Some examples of inline elements are:

  • HTML <a> tag
  • HTML <input> tag
  • HTML <span> tag

Most HTML formatting tags are also inline. For example:

  • HTML <b> tag
  • HTML <em> tag
  • HTML <strong> tag, etc

HTML Block Elements

Block elements take up the whole horizontal space available in its container. They start on a new line and take up as much height as their contents require.

An example of a block element is the HTML Paragraph Tag.

<p style="border: 1px solid black">This is how block elements works. </p>

Browser Output

Example of paragraph as an inline element

If we have multiple block elements, they will each take a separate line. For example,

<p style="border: 1px solid black">Paragraphs are</p> <p style="border: 1px solid black">Block Elements.</p>

Browser Output

Example of multiple paragraph elements on different lines

Some frequently used Block elements are:

  • HTML <div> tag
  • HTML Headings <h1> - <h6>
  • HTML <p> tag, etc

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