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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T06:21:19+00:00 2026-05-12T06:21:19+00:00

Is <div/> different from <span style=display:block /> in any way? They render just fine

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Is <div/> different from <span style="display:block" /> in any way?

They render just fine the same. Any semantic difference between the two?

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    2026-05-12T06:21:19+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 6:21 am

    Yes they are different.

    Even though you style a span with display: block you still can’t put block-level elements inside it:

    <div><p>correct</p></div>
    <span style="display: block;"><p>wrong</p></span>
    

    The (X)HTML still has to obey the (X)HTML DTD (whichever one you use), no matter how the CSS alters things.

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