This tutorial will introduce you to styling the HTML Content Division element—or element—using CSS. The element can be used to structure the layout of a page and break up a webpage into separate components for individual styling. In this tutorial, you will create and style elements, as well as learn how to add and style other elements inside a container. These skills will prepare you to use elements as layout tools later on in the series when you begin recreating the demonstration website.
The
element is used by adding opening and closing
tags to an HTML document. On its own, the
element typically has little visual effect on the presentation of a webpage. To specify the size, color, and other properties of a
element, you can assign it style rules using CSS.
Prerequisites
To follow this tutorial, make sure you have set up the necessary files and folders as instructed in a previous tutorial in this series How To Set Up You CSS and HTML Practice Project.
Exploring the Element in Practice
Let’s try a hands-on exercise to study how the element works. Erase everything in your styles.css file (if you added content from previous tutorials). Next, add the following CSS rule for the tag selector:
Save the styles.css file. Next, return to your index.html file, erase everything that’s there (except for the first line of code: ) and add the following code snippet:
Notice that the element has opening and closing tags but does not require any content. Save the index.html file and reload it in your browser. (For instructions on loading an HTML file, please visit our tutorial step How To View An Offline HTML File In Your Browser).
Your webpage should display a green box 100 pixels wide and 100 pixels tall as specified by the CSS rule:
