HTML p tag

Example

A paragraph is marked up as follows:

<p>This is some text in a paragraph.</p>

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Definition and Usage

The <p> tag defines a paragraph.
The p element automatically creates some space before and after itself. The space is automatically applied by the browser, or you can specify it in a style sheet.

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Browser Support

The <p> tag is supported in all major browsers.

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Differences Between HTML and XHTML

All "presentation attributes" of the p element were deprecated in HTML 4.01, and are not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

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Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
align	left right center justify	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the alignment of the text within a paragraph	TF

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang

Event Attributes

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup