- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:42:15 +0000 (GMT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
> What are <div> and <span> for? They're basically a container > of undefined meaning, often (but not always) used just to > anchor a style. I think you mean abused. The intended purpose of div and span are to add block and inline semantics to the document when it is not appropriate to subclass another element. span is very rarely needed as it is almost always possible to find an appropriate inline element and subclass it. > <div class=layouttable> > <div class=layoutrow> > <div class=layoutcell> These are workarounds for an inadequate or inappropriate style sheet language. If they represent real structure in the document, they should have class names reflecting that structure.
Received on Thursday, 4 December 2003 17:26:16 UTC