HTML <div> tag represents a division section inside web page.
HTML <div> tag is the most important and useful tag for HTML web page to specify group of sections within web page.
It is also useful to format a web page into group of sections along with CSS styles.
Note: The <div> tag mostly supported in all major web browsers.
Sample Code
This is the example of div tag
</div>
Sample Result
Standard Attributes Support
HTML <div> tag supports mostly all HTML Attributes. Following are some most common attributes that are used by <div> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Attributes here.
Attribute | Value | Description |
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class | user_defined | Represents a style for an element which is used in CSS style sheet |
id | user_defined | Represents unique id for an element |
lang | lang_code | Represents the language of the element for it’s content |
style | css_properties | Represents an inline style for an element for e.g style=”color:red;text-decoration:underline;” |
title | user_defined | Represents a tooltip information for an elements like img, a, abbr etc |
Event Attributes Support
The “script” is invoked when a certain “event” occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event. HTML <div> tag supports mostly all HTML Event Attributes. Following are some most common event attributes that are used by <div> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Event Attributes here.
Attribute | Value | Description |
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onclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse click on the specified element |
ondblclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse double-click on the specified element |
onkeydown | script | Event Fires immediately when user is pressing a down key from keyboard |
onkeypress | script | Event Fires immediately when user presses a key from keyboard |
onkeyup | script | Event Fires immediately when user releases a key from keyboard |
onmousedown | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets down from an element |
onmousemove | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
onmouseout | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets out from an element |
onmouseover | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
onmouseup | script | Event Fires immediately when a mouse pointer is released over an element |