Span questions

[maxelcat]

Hi

When I first used css I had some issues around the <span clsdd="lkhkjh">kjdhdsf</span>. I can't remember why but I got the idea that I shouldn't use it.....

Now that I am getting a littlre more confident I find that I want a selector that carries none of its own formating (yes I know its inline).

Am I correct in thingking that I should use:

• "span" with class="...."

and

• div with id="...." and that if I define styles the other way around there will be problems???

Using <span> would certainly make things easier - I have been using
p {display:inline;}

which works but is a pain...

thanks

Edward

[mreine]

divs are for defining sections

spans are for adding style to specific elements and aren't supposed to serve as dividers

Code: Select all

<div id="foo1">
 <h2>This is a Header</h2>
 <p>this is some <span id="foo2">text</span></p>
</div>

[ukgeoff]

To clarify one of your other questions:

Use class where you expect there to be multiple occurances of that styling on a page.

Use id when you want some unique styling, as there should only be one occurance of each id on a page, but you can of course use the same id on a different page.

'class' and 'id' can be used on any element.