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Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson
2,749 Points
Posted by Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson
2,749 Points

Simple definitions of DIV element and CLASS attributes - for a simple mind.

Apologies in advance for this being a simple Q; still, please correct me if I'm way off with my simplified definitions of the following:

DIV = element used to divide/group parts of the html document (e.g. into boxes/tables/etc.), similar to drawing a box around a section of writing in some hand-written notes.

CLASS = attribute that acts as a sort of bookmark for certain elements/groups of elements within the html document, so that they can be specified and targeted in CSS. CLASS can be used to group the same elements (e.g. all the <a> elements within the html doc), or it can be used to single out specific elements (e.g. only the h1 element) for pin-pointing in CSS.

Many thanks.

1 Answer

jb30
jb30
44,807 Points

The description of divs is mostly accurate. If you want to create a table for data, there is an html tag table. If you want a table for layout, then divs would be useful.

Classes do not need to have only one element tag. You can have any type of element in the the same class.

If you want to select all the elements of the same type, you don't need to create a class. You can use their tag name. For example, to select all the paragraphs using css,

p {
}
Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson
2,749 Points
Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson
2,749 Points

jb30

Classes do not need to have only one element tag. You can have any type of element in the the same class.

If you want to select all the elements of the same type, you don't need to create a class. You can use their tag name. For example, to select all the paragraphs using css,

Ah! I get what you mean! Perfect, thank you for clarifying/explaining further jb30