HTML p tag and element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:13 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

HTML p (paragraph) element is used to write a paragraph in an HTML page.

Syntax

<p>text content</p>

Whether both start and end tags are required

Start tag required, end tag optional.

Can contain

HTML p element can contain inline elements and other block level elements.

Can reside within

HTML p element can reside within inline as well as block level elements.

Attributes

Attributes specific to this element

None.

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

align

align attribute defines the alignment of text written within a p element. Values may be left for aligning the text left, right for aligning the text right and center for aligning the text center.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of using HTML p element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>html p tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an HTML paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result

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HTML p tag example.

Pictorial presentation

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