Block-level element

In HTML (hypertext markup language) programming, a block-level element is any element that starts a new line (e.g., paragraph) and uses the full width of the page or container. A block-level element can take up one line or multiple lines and has a line break before and after the element.

Examples of a block-level elements

• <address> - Shows contact information.
• <applet> - Embed a Java applet.
• <article> - Contains the article's content.
• <aside> - Describe a section of content.
• <blockquote> - Denote a section that is quoted.
• <canvas> - Draw graphics using JavaScript.
• <caption> - Add caption to table.
• <center> - Center text.
• <details> - Create an interactive widget to hide text.
• <dir> - Designate a collection of file names.
• <div> - Creates a document division.
• <dl> - Contain a list of definitions and their descriptions.
• <dt> - Designate a term within a description list.
• <embed> - Designate an area for interactive content.
• <figure> - Designate an area of self-contained content
• <form> - Creates an input form to capture data.
• <frame> - Create a frame window of another page.
• <h1> to <h6> - Creates a heading.
• <header> - Create a header section.
• <hr> - Create a horizontal line.
• <iframe> - Create a window frame of a page.
• <li> - Used to denote a list item.
• <main> - Contains the content specific to a certain page.
• <marquee> - Create scrolling text.
• <nav> - Contains a page's navigations links.
• <noscript> - Contains the content to use in browsers that don't support scripting.
• <object> - Designate an object embedded into a web page
• <ol> - Contains an ordered list.
• <p> - Used to denote a paragraph.
• <pre> - Contains preformatted text.
• <section> - Group thematically similar content together.
• <table> - Contains a table.
• <ul> - Contains an unordered list.

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