HTML <div> (Division) Tag

<div>
  <h2>This is a heading</h2>
  <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</div>

Meaning

The <div> element indicates a generic block of content that should be treated as a unit for scripting or styling purposes.

By default, browsers always place a line break before and after the <div> element.

Version: HTML 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

Standard Syntax

<div>...</div>

Browser Support

Status

Global Attributes

The <div> element also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <div> element also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

By Default CSS Value(s)

Most of the browsers will display the <div> element with the following by default value(s)

div {
	display: block;
}