<div>
A division is a grouping of contiguous content within a topic. There is no additional semantic meaning.
Usage information
The <div> element is useful
primarily for reuse and as a specialization base.
Content model
(Text | <audio> | <dl> | <div> | <example> | <fig> | <image> | <lines> | <lq> | <note> | <object> | <ol> | <p> | <pre> | <simpletable> | <sl> | <table> | <ul> | <video> | <cite> | <include> | <keyword> | <ph> | <q> | <term> | <text> | <tm> | <xref> | <data> | <foreign> | <draft-comment> | <fn> | <indexterm> | <required-cleanup>)*
Contained by
<abstract>, <body>, <bodydiv>, <dd>, <desc>, <div>, <draft-comment>, <entry>, <example>, <fallback>, <fig>, <figgroup>, <fn>, <li>, <linkinfo>, <lq>, <note>, <p>, <section>, <stentry>
Contained by
Inheritance
- topic/div
The <div> element is a base element type. It is defined in the topic module.
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes.
The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes.
Example
This section is non-normative.
In the following code sample, a <div>
element is used to organize several elements together so that they
can be referenced by @conref or
@conkeyref:
<div id="rendered-table">
<p>The following screen capture shows one way the code sample might be rendered:</p>
<image keyref="rendered-table" placement="break"/>
</div>Without using a <div> element, the content
could not be grouped for content referencing since the start and
end elements are of different types.