Div and Span

Published: February 10, 2018

What is the difference between HTML tags 
 and ?

div is a block element, span is inline.

This means that to use them semantically, divs should be used to wrap sections of a document, while spans should be used to wrap small portions of text, images, etc.

For example:

This a large main division, with a small bit of spanned text!

Note that it is illegal to place a block level element within an inline element, so:

Some text that 
I want
 to mark up

...is illegal.

added on 10-Feb-2018