DIV Element | DIV Object

Specifies a container that renders HTML.

HTML Syntax

<DIV
    ALIGN=CENTER | LEFT | RIGHT | JUSTIFY
    CLASS=classname
    DATAFLD=colname
    DATAFORMATAS=HTML | TEXT
    DATASRC=#ID
    ID=value
    LANG=language
    LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT  | VBS 
    STYLE=css1-properties
    TITLE=text
    event = script
>

Remarks

The DIV element is a block element and requires a closing tag.

This element is available in HTML as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Members

DIV Members

Styles

DIV Styles

Example

This example uses two DIV elements to align two sections of text differently.

<DIV>
This text represents a section.
</DIV>

<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>
This text represents another section, and its text is centered.
</DIV>

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