HTML Tag <DIV>

<DIV> Indicates logical divisions within a document. You can use these to apply alignment, linewrapping, and particularly Style Sheet attributes to a section of your document. <DIV ALIGN=CENTER> is the official replacement for the <CENTER> tag.

Attribute of <DIV> Tag

• ALIGN
• CLASS
• DATAFLD
• DATAFORMATAS
• DATASRC
• ID
• NOWRAP
• STYLE
• TITLE

ALIGN

Specifies whether the contents of the section align with the left or right margins (LEFT, RIGHT), are evenly spaced between them (CENTER), or if the text stretches between the left and right margins (JUSTIFY).

<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">
Cs-Tutorial.com</DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">
Login Window</DIV>

Possible Values

LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT, JUSTIFY

CLASS

Indicates which style class applies to the <DIV> element.

<DIV CLASS="dkm">

Possible Values

Any Class Name.

DATAFLD

Selects a column from a previously identified source of tabulated data (see the DATASRC= attribute).

<DIV DATASRC="#data_table">
<DIV DATAFLD="name"></DIV>
</DIV>

Possible Values

Any Column name.

DATAFORMATAS

Indicates how tabulated data formats within the <DIV> element.

<DIV DATAFORMATAS="HTML"
DATASRC="#data_table">

Possible Values

TEXT, HTML, NONE

DATASRC

Specifies the source of data for data binding.

<DIV DATASRC="#data_table">

Possible Values

Data Source name.

ID

Assigns a unique ID selector to an instance of the <DIV> tag. When you then assign a style to that ID selector, it affects only that one instance of the <DIV> tag.

<DIV ID="dkm">

Possible Values

Any ID name.

NOWRAP

Disables line-wrapping for the section.

<HR>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>
The contents of this section will not
automatically wrap as you size the window.
</DIV><HR>

Possible Values

NOWRAP

STYLE

Specifies Style Sheet commands that apply to the contents within the <DIV> tags.

<DIV STYLE="background: red">

Possible Values

CSS Property with value.

TITLE

Specifies text assigned to the tag. You might use this attribute for context-sensitive help within the document. Browsers may use this to show tool tips over the contents of the <DIV> tags.

<DIV TITLE="Title" CLASS="casual">

Possible Values

Any text Message.