HTML <span> tag

Function:

The HTML <span> tag is used for grouping and applying styles to inline elements.

There is a difference between the span tag and the div tag. The span tag is used with inline elements whilst the div tag is used with block-level content.

Difference between HTML and XHTML:

NONE

Example:

<p>This is a paragraph <span style="color:#FF0000;">
This is a paragraph</span>
This is a paragraph</p>
<p><span style="color:#6600ff;">
This is another paragraph</span></p>

This will produce following result:

This is a paragraph This is a paragraph This is a paragraph

This is another paragraph

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Attributes:

Attribute	Description
class	Document wide identifier
dir	Specifies the direction of the text
id	Document wide identifier
title	Specifies a title to associate with the element.
style	Helps to include inline casecadubf style sheet.
lang	Sets the language code.
xml:lang	Sets the language code.

Event Attributes:

Attribute	Description
onclick	Script runs when a mouse click
ondblclick	Script runs when a mouse double-click
onmousedown	Script runs when mouse button is pressed
onmouseup	Script runs when mouse button is released
onmouseover	Script runs when mouse pointer moves over an element
onmousemove	Script runs when mouse pointer moves
onmouseout	Script runs when mouse pointer moves out of an element
onkeypress	Script runs when key is pressed and released
onkeydown	Script runs when key is pressed
onkeyup	Script runs when key is released