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CSS CSS Basics (2014) The Box Model The CSS Box Model

Posted by Mike Thomas
Mike Thomas
Courses Plus Student 1,351 Points

can someone please explain what the span element is? It was not covered in the "how to make a website" course.

that's all.

3 Answers

Gabriel Rumbaut
Gabriel Rumbaut
2,476 Points
Gabriel Rumbaut
Gabriel Rumbaut
2,476 Points

<span> and <div> are pretty much the same thing--they're just selectors for picking sections of content. The difference is that <div> is a block-level element, so it will set your content into a new line, while <span> is an in-line element, so it will keep it on the same line as its parent element.

Sarah Stensberg
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Sarah Stensberg
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,007 Points
Sarah Stensberg
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Sarah Stensberg
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,007 Points

I found this page that explains the difference between span and div quite well. You can check it out here.

Clayton Batchelor
Clayton Batchelor
6,170 Points
Clayton Batchelor
Clayton Batchelor
6,170 Points

The span is just a selector element. To select individual text.