DISPLAY PROPERTIES

CSS Display

CSS display is the most important property of CSS which is used to control the layout of the element. It specifies how the element is displayed. Every element has a default display value according to its nature. Every element on the webpage is a rectangular box and the CSS property defines the behavior of that rectangular box.
Syntax : 
    display:value;
CSS display values :
There are following CSS display values which are commonly used.
  1. display: inline;
  2. display: inline-block;
  3. display: block;
  4. display: none;
1. CSS display inline
The inline element takes the required width only. It doesn't force the line break so the flow of text doesn't break in inline example.The inline elements are:
  • < span>
  • < a>
  • < em>
  • < b> etc.
Eg: 
    < !DOCTYPE html>  
    < html>  
    < head>  
    < style>  
        p {  
            display: inline;   
        }  
    < /style>  
    < /head>  
    < body>  
        < p>Hello TesDBAcademy.com< /p>  
        < p>Java Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>SQL Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>HTML Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>CSS Tutorial.< /p>  
    < /body>  
    < /html>
Output :
Hello TesDBAcademy.com Java Tutorial. SQL Tutorial. HTML Tutorial. CSS Tutorial.

2. CSS display inline-block
The CSS display inline-block element is very similar to inline element but the difference is that you are able to set the width and height. 
    < !DOCTYPE html>  
    < html>  
    < head>  
    < style>  
        p {  
            display: inline-block;   
        }  
    < /style>  
    < /head>  
    < body>  
        < p>Hello TesDBAcademy.com< /p>  
        < p>Java Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>SQL Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>HTML Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>CSS Tutorial.< /p>   
    < /body>  
    < /html>
Output :
Hello TesDBAcademy.com Java Tutorial. SQL Tutorial. HTML Tutorial. CSS Tutorial.

3. CSS display block
The CSS display block element takes as much as horizontal space as they can. Means the block element takes the full available width. They make a line break before and after them. 
    < !DOCTYPE html>  
    < html>  
    < head>  
    < style>  
        p {  
            display: block;   
        }  
    < /style>  
    < /head>  
    < body>  
        < p>Hello TesDBAcademy.com< /p>  
        < p>Java Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>SQL Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>HTML Tutorial.< /p>  
        < p>CSS Tutorial.< /p>  
    < /body>  
    < /html>
Output :
Hello TesDBAcademy.com

Java Tutorial.

SQL Tutorial.

HTML Tutorial.

CSS Tutorial.

4. CSS display none
The "none" value totally removes the element from the page. It will not take any space. 
    < !DOCTYPE html>  
    < html>  
    < head>  
    < style>  
        h1.hidden {  
            display: none;  
        }  
    < /style>  
    < /head>  
    < body>  
        < h1>This heading is visible.< /h1>  
        < h1 class="hidden">This is not visible.< /h1>  
        < p>You can see that the hidden heading does not contain any space.< /p>  
    < /body>  
    < /html>
Output :
This heading is visible.
You can see that the hidden heading does not contain any space.


Other CSS display values : 
    Property-value	                        Description
  -----------------        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    flex                    It is used to display an element as an block-level flex container. It is new in css3.
    inline-flex	            It is used to display an element as an inline-level flex container. It is new in css3.
    inline-table            It displays an element as an inline-level table.
    list-Item	            It makes the element behave like a < li> element.
    table                   It makes the element behave like a < table> element.
    table-caption           It makes the element behave like a < caption> element.
    table-header-group	    It makes the element behave like a < thead> element.
    table-footer-group	    It makes the element behave like a < tfoot> element.
    table-row-group         It makes the element behave like a < tbody> element.
    table-cell	            It makes the element behave like a < td> element.
    table-row	            It makes the element behave like a < tr> element.


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