{"id":26932,"date":"2024-11-14T15:23:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/what-are-block-and-inline-elements-in-html-and-css\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:43:51","slug":"what-are-block-and-inline-elements-in-html-and-css","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/what-are-block-and-inline-elements-in-html-and-css\/","title":{"rendered":"What are block and inline elements in HTML and CSS?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1587386989437{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1613587382944{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” font_family=”Open Sans”]In HTML, block and inline<\/em> elements are the building blocks of web pages, each building block having a default display value. In the text, we have shown the basic characteristics of block and inline<\/em> elements. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Block and inline elements<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Block elements only appear within an element <Body> and use the provided HTML tag as a tag to define a section, for example <giant> or <p>. Po\u010dinju u novim redovima, zauzimaju celu \u0161irinu stranice i mogu sadr\u017eati ugra\u0111ene elemente ili ponekad drugi nivo bloka elementi. <\/span><\/p>\n

An inline<\/em> element is a presentation feature that uses a provided HTML tag as an HTML tag to define a section, for example< sleep> or< and> . They do not start on a new line, occupy only the space bounded by the tags that define the element, and can only contain other embedded elements. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, keep in mind that while the understanding of block and inline<\/em> elements is still relevant, the differences between block and inline<\/em> elements are gone through HTML 4.01. These two categories have since been replaced by a different set of content categories. <\/span><\/p>\n

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How are block and inline elements different?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Knowing the difference between inline<\/em> elements and block elements will help you immensely with your CSS and styling. Because each of these elements behaves in a particular way, it will be easier to get them to do what you want them to do if you have a good understanding of how they work. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you don’t understand the different rules that apply to inline<\/em> elements versus block elements, HTML and CSS can be incredibly frustrating. For example, block elements can contain other block-level elements as well as inline<\/em> elements. However, inline<\/em> elements can contain only inline<\/em> elements. <\/span><\/p>\n

Which would mean that in <giant> element we can insert any element, regardless of whether it is a block or an inline<\/em> dock, in an inline<\/em> element for example <sleep> we can insert only inline<\/em> elements e.g. <a>, <and> etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the difference between embedded and block elements?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

When examining embedded elements against a block, you’ll notice that embedded elements are usually text-based and block-level elements are usually structural.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Inline<\/strong> elements<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Inline<\/em> elements don’t start on a new line, meaning they line up next to each other on the same line if there’s enough room for them, because we can’t apply a CSS top and bottom margin rule to them, and we can’t give them a width or height. But, they can still be styled with left\/right margins as well as padding. <\/span><\/p>\n