Joelthezombie15 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I can get div to work i just dont understand what it does. ive read into it but i cant seem to get a good answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 A div is a fundamental block element. It is generally used to define a region of a page. http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_div.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelthezombie15 Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 A div is a fundamental block element. It is generally used to define a region of a page. http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_div.asp So it (Im going to use an analogy) Its like string, you use to ti time things up and keep then kind of separate from other thing. correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 It doesn't DO anything, but it's a way to put many objects in one container. It's mostly used if there isn't any better block-type element to represent the content with. The biggest reason people use divs is to put CSS style to things. A <span> has the same use as a div bit it's "inline" which means it behaves like text rather than like a box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 So it (Im going to use an analogy) Its like string, you use to ti time things up and keep then kind of separate from other thing. correct? The best way to understand what a div does is to create a small file and experiment. Such as... <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>tab</title><style>#i1{background-color:#F00;border:3px dotted #000;height:100px;}#i2{background-color:#FF0;border:1px solid #000;}.cl3{background-color:#F0F;border:3px solid #000;}</style></head><body><p>This is some text.</p><div id="i1"> <p>This is some text in a div element.</p></div><div id="i2"> <p>This is some text in a div element.</p></div><div class="cl3"> <p>This is some text in a div element.</p></div></body></html> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I can get div to work i just dont understand what it does. ive read into it but i cant seem to get a good answer. I think of Div as a container. I normally use CSS (#divName) and specify the styling options such as width, height, position and other variables. Then use it in my HTML, <div id="divName">Hello</div> I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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