HTML Span tag

Example

A text with a span element that can be styled with CSS:

<p>My mother has <span class="blue">light blue</span> eyes.</p>

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Definition and Usage

The <span> tag provides no visual change by itself.
The <span> tag provides a way to add a hook to a part of a text or a part of a document.
When the text is hooked in a span element you can add styles to the content, or manipulate the content with for example JavaScript.

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Browser Support

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

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Differences Between HTML and XHTML

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