How do we style HTML elements using the division tag
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HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The <div> tag is used as the container for the HTML elements. With the help of this tag, we can easily define a section of a HTML Document. It is also used to group large sections of HTML elements together and easily format them. The <div> tag is used with block-level elements.

The <div> tag accepts all the CSS properties and styles the elements in it using attributes like class and id.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for the <div> tag.

<div class='division'>Content…</div>

Example 1

Given below is an example to add style to the division tag in HTML.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      .parent {
         border: 1rem solid green;
         margin: 1rem;
         padding: 1rem 1rem;
         text-align: center;
         box-shadow: 2px 2px 20px 23px aquamarine;
      }
      .division {
         display: inline-block;
         border: 1px solid aquamarine;
         padding: 1rem 1rem;
         background-color: #2ecc71;
         color: white;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <div class='parent'>
      <div class='division'>div tag 1</div>
      <div class='division'>div tag 2</div>
      <div class='division'>div tag 3</div>
   </div>
</body>
</html>

Following is the output for the above example program.

We can add more styles to the <div> tag.

Example 2

Given below is another example to add style to the division tag in HTML.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      .parent {
         border: 1rem solid green;
         margin: 1rem;
         padding: 1rem 1rem;
         text-align: center;
         box-shadow: 2px 2px 20px 23px aquamarine;
      }
      .division {
         display: inline-block;
         border: 1px solid aquamarine;
         padding: 1rem 1rem;
         background-color: #2ecc71;
         color: white;
         text-transform: uppercase;
         text-decoration: underline;
         font-family: cursive;
         font-size: 1.2rem;
         font-weight: bolder;
         font-style: italic;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <div class='parent'>
      <div class='division'>div tag 1</div>
      <div class='division'>div tag 2</div>
      <div class='division'>div tag 3</div>
   </div>
</body>
</html>

Following is the output for the above example program.

Example 3

You can try to run the following code to style HTML element using the <div> tag. The style rule added gets applied to the element with id=”content”. Here id is the CSS Selector.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      #container p {
         line-height: 15px;
         margin: 20px;
         padding-bottom: 15px;
         text-align: justify;
         width: 130px;
         color: blue;
      }
   </style>
   <title>HTML div Tag</title>
   <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "style.css">
</head>
<body>
   <div id = "container">
      <p>Welcome to our website. We provide tutorials on various subjects.</p>
   </div>
</body>
</html>

Lokesh Badavath

Updated on: 19-Oct-2022

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