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RE: div & span

From: Simon Jessey <simon@jessey.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:53:29 -0500
To: "Ben-Nes Michael" <miki@canaan.co.il>, "w3" <www-html@w3.org>
Message-ID: <PIEMJOKPMDHGPMNDNEIDAEBBCAAA.simon@jessey.net> 



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From: www-html-request@w3.org [mailto:www-html-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of
Ben-Nes Michael
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 4:28 AM
To: w3
Subject: div & span

Any one can please explain me what is the difference between <span> and
<div> ?


<div> is block level and <span> is inline, but since CSS gives you the
ability to choose display:block or display:inline, they are more or less
interchangeable.

Simon Jessey
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Received on Friday, 17 January 2003 08:32:39 GMT

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