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- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:26:51 -0400 (EDT)
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#[1]Start [2]Glossary [3]Copyright
The Web Design Group
SPAN - Generic Inline Container
Syntax <SPAN>...</SPAN>
Attribute Specifications
* [4]common attributes
Contents [5]Inline elements
Contained in [6]Inline elements, [7]block-level elements
The SPAN element is a generic inline container. SPAN carries no
structural meaning itself, but it can be used to provide extra
structure through its [8]LANG, [9]DIR, [10]CLASS, and [11]ID
attributes. [12]Style sheets are often used to suggest a presentation
for a given class or ID.
SPAN should only be used where no other HTML [13]inline element
provides a suitable meaning. If a presentation such as bold or italic
text would be suitable on visual browsers, authors may prefer to use
an appropriate [14]font style element. For example:
1. <P><SPAN LANG=fr>La Révolution Tranquille</SPAN> shook Quebec in
the early 1960's.
2. <P><I LANG=fr>La Révolution Tranquille</I> shook Quebec in the
early 1960's.
These examples are identical in meaning, but the second example uses
the [15]I element to suggest italic text.
[16]DIV is a block-level equivalent of SPAN for containing
[17]block-level elements such as [18]P and [19]TABLE.
More Information
* [20]SPAN in W3C HTML 4.0 Recommendation
Maintained by [21]Liam Quinn <[22]liam@htmlhelp.com>
[23]Web Design Group ~ [24]HTML 4.0 Reference ~
[25]Elements by Function ~ [26]Elements Alphabetically
[27]Copyright © 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.
References
1. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/
2. http://www.htmlhelp.com/glossary/glossary.html
3. http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html
4. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html
5. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/inline.html
6. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/inline.html
7. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block.html
8. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#lang
9. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#dir
10. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#class
11. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#id
12. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/
13. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/inline.html
14. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/fontstyle/
15. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/fontstyle/i.html
16. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block/div.html
17. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block.html
18. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block/p.html
19. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/tables/table.html
20. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#edef-SPAN
21. http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/
22. mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com
23. http://www.htmlhelp.com/
24. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/
25. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/olist.html
26. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/alist.html
27. http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html
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