div element

Type:Images and Specials
Attributes: align  •  alt  •  background-color  •  background-image-dpi  •  background-image-position  •  background-image  •  background-pdf  •  border-color  •  border-style  •  border-width  •  border  •  clear  •  corner-radius  •  display  •  float  •  font-size  •  height  •  href  •  left  •  line-cap  •  line-height  •  line-join  •  margin  •  onmouseover  •  overflow  •  padding  •  page-break-after  •  page-break-inside  •  position  •  rotate  •  size  •  title  •  top  •  vertical-align  •  visibility  •  white-space  •  width  •  class  •  colorspace  •  direction  •  id  •  lang  •  pdf-tag-background-color  •  pdf-tag-border-color  •  pdf-tag-border-style  •  pdf-tag-border-thickness  •  pdf-tag-color  •  pdf-tag-list-numbering  •  pdf-tag-placement  •  pdf-tag-table-colspan  •  pdf-tag-table-headers  •  pdf-tag-table-rowspan  •  pdf-tag-table-scope  •  pdf-tag-table-summary  •  pdf-tag-text-align  •  pdf-tag-type
See:a p shape

A div is a generic block element (the name is chosen for compatibility with HTML 3.2, but probably "block" would be more appropriate).

All block elements in the document are special classes of div - a paragraph is a div that contains text, an image is a div that contains an image, a shape contains vector graphics and so on.

A div can be used as a container to group several tags together. It's particularly useful when placing absolutely positioned elements.

This would draw a circle centered in the middle of the DIV

<div width="200" height="200">
  <circle x="50%" y="50%" radius="40%" border="1"/>
</div>