span

Form

<span> ... </span>

Attributes

attribute default description
id none specifies the unique ID
class none specifies the style sheet class
style none specifies the style sheet

Support

HTML 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE3 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 6 or later][Netscape 4 or later]

Explanation

The span tag indicates a content area (inline level) to which CSS are applied.

Related Tags

div

Sample Code [Output]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=shift_jis">
<title>Sample</title>
<style type="text/css"><!--
span {
color:red;
}
--></style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sample</h1>
<div>
It's sample. <span>Only this section is red</span>
</div>
</body>
</html>