HTML5 Block Level Elements: Complete List

HTML5 Block Level Elements

Block-level elements place a line break before and after the element

Here is a complete list of block level selectors that can by used to style the HTML document by using the power of CSS / CSS3

* will represent Block Level Elements new in HTML5

Selector	HTML Use	Selector	HTML Use
article*	Article Content	header*	Section or Page Header
aside*	Aside Content	hgroup*	Groups Header Information
blockquote	Long Quotation	hr	Horizontal Rule
body	Page Body	li	List Item
br	Line Break	map	Image Map
button	Push Button	object	Object Embedding
canvas*	Draw Area	ol	Ordered List
caption	Table Caption	output*	Form Output
col	Table Column	p	Paragraph
colgroup	Group of Table Columns	pre	Preformatted Text
dd	Definition Description	progress*	Displays progress of time consuming task
div	Division	section*	Section in Web page
dl	Definition List	table	Table
dt	Definition Term	tbody	Table Body
embed	External Content	textarea	Form Text Input Area
fieldset	Fieldset Label	tfoot	Table Footer
figcaption*	Figure Caption	th	Table Header
figure*	Groups Media Content and Caption	thead	Table Header
footer*	Section or page footer	tr	Table Row
form	Input Form	ul	Unordered List
h1–6	Heading Levels 1–6	video*	Video player

Types of HTML Elements

HTML includes a large number of elements, each with its own specific tag and use for structuring documents. Elements can generally be sorted into two categories:

• Inline elements
• Block-level elements

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HTML5 Block Level Elements: Complete List