Which HTML Selectors are block elements and which are inline elements by default?
Posted by jerothe in 
We have talked about the display property before, but I just wanted to make note here what the defaults are for a select few HTML Selectors.
Elements that default to display:block, and will force a break, are;
p, h1, and div
Elements that default to display:inline and will stay as the name says, inline with other elements, are;
strong, span, and em
Remember, you can change the rules for all of these selectors in your external style sheet in how they display. Here is an example of what you write;
h1, h1, h3 {
display:inline;
}
span {
display:block;
}
In the second example for the redefined span tag, here is what would happen.
The redefined span element with a display of block will now force a break mid line.
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