CSS The display Property

The display property is an important CSS property for controlling layout. It specifies whether an HTML element is treated as a block or an inline element. Every HTML element has a default display value, depending on what type of element it is. The default display value for most elements is block or inline. The display property is used to change the default display behavior of HTML elements.

(stretches out to the left and right as far as it can).

<div> <h1> - <h6> <p> <form> <header> <footer> <section>

An inline element DOES NOT start on a new line and only takes up as much width as necessary.

<span> <a> <img>

display property has many values. The following table lists the most commonly used:

Displays an element as an inline element block Displays an element as a block element contents Makes the container disappear, making its child elements children of the element the next level up in the DOM flex

Displays an element as an inline-level block container. The element itself is formatted as an inline element, but you can apply height, width, padding, and margin values none The element is completely hidden from the document flow (does not take up any space).

The display property is used to change the default display behavior of HTML elements. Changing an inline element to a block element, or vice versa, can be useful for making the page look a specific way, and still follow the web standards.

<li> elements to inline, to create a horizontal menu:

Setting the display property of an element only changes how the element is displayed, NOT what kind of element it is. So, an inline element with display: block; is not allowed to have other block elements inside it.

The following example demonstrates some more display values:

Example p.ex1 {display: none;}