What is the difference between HTML tags and ?

Question

I would like to ask for some simple examples showing the uses of

and . I\'ve seen them both used to mark a section of a pa

Answer 1

As mentioned in other answers, by default div will be rendered as a block element, while span will be rendered inline within its context. But neither has any semantic value; they exist to allow you to apply styling and an identity to any given bit of content. Using styles, you can make a div act like a span and vice-versa.

One of the useful styles for div is inline-block

Examples:

1. http://dustwell.com/div-span-inline-block.html

2. CSS display: inline vs inline-block

I have used inline-block to a great success, in game web projects.