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Jellby · 03-09-2021, 03:29 AM

The only advantage I can think of is that a <div> allows you to have inline elements at the same level as the main block elements. In principle things like <img> or <span> are by default inline elements (even if they are styled with display:block), and are not allowed (at least in XHTML 1.1) as direct children of <body>, they must be inside some block element, and the wrapping <div> does it.

I wouldn't use it unless I need that trick for some particular case.

03-09-2021, 03:29 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,561 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	The only advantage I can think of is that a <div> allows you to have inline elements at the same level as the main block elements. In principle things like <img> or <span> are by default inline elements (even if they are styled with display:block), and are not allowed (at least in XHTML 1.1) as direct children of <body>, they must be inside some block element, and the wrapping <div> does it. I wouldn't use it unless I need that trick for some particular case.