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block-level elements

By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com

Definition:

The short definition is that block-level elements are elements that create blocks or large groupings of text.

block-level elements have some specific distinctions from inline elements:

  • block-level elements generally can contain text, data, inline elements, or other block-level elements.
  • block-level elements generally begin new lines of text.
  • block-level elements inherit directionality information differently from inline elements.
Examples:
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