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  • Difference between Div and Span

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    Div:

    1. It is a block -level element.
    2. It is used as a container that is used within a page or document.
    3. It is used to wrap sections of a document.
    4. By default, line break is placed before and after the element.
    5. It is used within paragraph or an image with its caption.
           (Try in text editor)
 <html>
      <head>
           <style>
           .div1 {
         width: 518px;
           color: navy;
             background-color: orange;
           border: 2px solid black;
           padding: 5px;
           }
           .div2{ width: 500px;
              color: navy;
            background-color: pink;
             border: 2px solid red;
            padding: 5px;}
            </style> 
                    <body>

               <div class="div1">
                     This is outer div.
                    <div class="div2">
                         contains inner div.
                        </div>
                          </div> 
                             </body>
                                    </html>

    Span:

    1. It is a In-line element.
    2. It allows you to seperate things from the other elements around them on a page or within a document.
    3. It is used to wrap small portions of text, image etc.
    4. No line break.
    5. It is used within a sentence.
                (Try it in text-editor)
                     <!DOCTYPE html>
                          <html>
                              <head>
                                   <style>
                           span.text {font-size:50px;color:red;}
                            </style>
                              </head>
                              <body>
                       <h1>A <span class="text">Span</spa<!DOCTYPE html>
                           <html>
                         <head>
                              <style>
                       span.text {font-size:50px;color:red;}
                         </style>
                        </head>
                            <body>
                       <h1>A <span class="text">Span</span> Text</h1>
                 <p>This is example of <span class="text">span</span> </p>       
                        </body>
                             </html>
                          <h1> Text</h1>
                           <p>This is example of <span class="text">span</span> </p>
                                        </body>
                                                  </html>
    div span block elements in-line elements div vs span
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