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HTML

Posted by Raphael Reiter
Raphael Reiter
6,820 Points

div element

I don't understand what a div element actually is...

thanks!

3 Answers

Jonathan Reiland
Jonathan Reiland
6,968 Points

The div element is simply a non-semantic element that the developer can use to arbitrarily divide the code into sections. It is mostly used to apply some styling to a particular section of code.

Let me know if that helps clear things up.

Raphael Reiter
Raphael Reiter
6,820 Points
Raphael Reiter
Raphael Reiter
6,820 Points

So it's good to put each part into a div element to make things a bit more clearer for the reader?

Jonathan Reiland
Jonathan Reiland
6,968 Points

No if you're trying to divide up sections of code and label them to make it easy for the reader to understand, I would use comments. A div element by itself does nothing to the code that is wrapped by it.

In the code example below, the div element is applying the jumbotron class styling to the elements wrapped within. This is the primary use for a div element. 

<div class="jumbotron">
    <h1>My First Bootstrap Page</h1>
    <p>Resize this responsive page to see the effect!</p> 
</div>
Raphael Reiter
Raphael Reiter
6,820 Points
Raphael Reiter
Raphael Reiter
6,820 Points

ah ok. i get it now. thanks a lot