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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

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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