The div Tag

The <div> element in HTML is a block-level element used for partitioning or grouping content on a webpage.

The <div> element is used in the following form:

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<div>
  <!-- Space to insert content -->
</div>

The <div> element is useful for applying styles or layouts to grouped content, or for dynamically manipulating elements with JavaScript.

For example, the following HTML code uses the <div> element to group a section title and content.

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<div>
  <h2>Section Title</h2>
  <p>Section content</p>
</div>

When grouping sections, it is more semantically appropriate to use the <section> element.

The <div> element can also be used as an empty element, and you can add CSS classes and identifiers (ids) to create selectors for targeting specific partitions.