Every HTML element has a default display value depending on what type of element it is. The default display value for most elements is block or inline. Block-level elements always start on a new line and take up the full width available (stretches out to the left and right as far as possible). The following tags are block-level elements:
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<div style="border:3px solid green;">The DIV element is a block-level element.</div>
<h2 style="border:3px solid pink;">The H2 element is a block-level element.</h2> <h4 style="border:3px solid blue;">The H4 element is a block-level element.</h4> <h6 style="border:3px solid grey;">The H6 element is a block-level element.</h6> <p style="border:3px solid brown;">The P element is a block-level element.</p> <form style="border:3px solid turquoise;">The FORM element is a block-level element.</form> |
The DIV element is a block-level element.
The H2 element is a block-level element.The H4 element is a block-level element.The H6 element is a block-level element.The P element is a block-level element. |
Blocks are invisible and must be styled to be seen.
