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<header><h1><span>: The Content Span element</h1></header><div class="section-content"><p>The <code><span></code> <a href="../index">HTML</a> element is a generic inline container for phrasing content, which does not inherently represent anything. It can be used to group elements for styling purposes (using the <a href="../global_attributes#class"><code>class</code></a> or <a href="../global_attributes#id"><code>id</code></a> attributes), or because they share attribute values, such as <a href="../global_attributes#lang"><code>lang</code></a>. It should be used only when no other semantic element is appropriate. <code><span></code> is very much like a <a href="div"><code><div></code></a> element, but <a href="div"><code><div></code></a> is a <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Block-level_content">block-level element</a> whereas a <code><span></code> is an <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Inline-level_content">inline-level element</a>.</p></div>
<h2 id="try_it">Try it</h2>
<div class="section-content"><iframe class="interactive is-tabbed-shorter-height" height="200" src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/pages/tabbed/span.html" title="MDN Web Docs Interactive Example" loading="lazy"></iframe></div>
<h2 id="attributes">Attributes</h2>
<div class="section-content"><p>This element only includes the <a href="../global_attributes">global attributes</a>.</p></div>
<h2 id="example">Example</h2>
<h3 id="example_1">Example 1</h3>
<div class="section-content">
<h4 id="html">HTML</h4> <div class="code-example">
<p class="example-header"><span class="language-name">html</span></p>
<pre data-signature="/1LifhEX+VZAZChGdanvRaMz9IOFdGLznGSZgB7uqcQ=" data-language="html"><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>span</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Some text<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>span</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
</pre>
</div> <h4 id="result">Result</h4>
<div class="code-example" id="sect1">
<iframe class="sample-code-frame" title="Example 1 sample" id="frame_example_1" src="https://live.mdnplay.dev/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/span/runner.html?id=example_1" loading="lazy"></iframe>
</div>
</div>
<h3 id="example_2">Example 2</h3>
<div class="section-content">
<h4 id="html_2">HTML</h4> <div class="code-example">
<p class="example-header"><span class="language-name">html</span></p>
<pre data-signature="TJk3cIEcJaKZMyjoC3Vr9HJa3XPVT86AqoXZzXKe8MU=" data-language="html"><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>li</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>span</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>a</span> <span class="token attr-name">href</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>portfolio.html<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">target</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>_blank<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>See my portfolio<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>a</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>span</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>li</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
</pre>
</div> <h4 id="css">CSS</h4> <div class="code-example">
<p class="example-header"><span class="language-name">css</span></p>
<pre data-signature="CZUYCNVTUsHBcMNtifZGz3xxQNKn5otdoJ7UlA9rzuw=" data-language="css"><span class="token selector">li span</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
<span class="token property">background</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> gold<span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span>
</pre>
</div> <h4 id="result_2">Result</h4>
<div class="code-example" id="sect2">
<iframe class="sample-code-frame" title="Example 2 sample" id="frame_example_2" src="https://live.mdnplay.dev/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/span/runner.html?id=example_2" loading="lazy"></iframe>
</div>
</div>
<h2 id="technical_summary">Technical summary</h2>
<div class="section-content"><figure class="table-container"><div class="_table"><table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="../content_categories">Content categories</a></th> <td> <a href="../content_categories#flow_content">Flow content</a>, <a href="../content_categories#phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td>
<a href="../content_categories#phrasing_content">Phrasing content</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Tag omission</th> <td>None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted parents</th> <td> Any element that accepts <a href="../content_categories#phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>, or any element that accepts <a href="../content_categories#flow_content">flow content</a>. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aria/#dfn-no-corresponding-role" target="_blank">No corresponding role</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td>Any</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSpanElement"><code>HTMLSpanElement</code></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div></figure></div>
<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2>
<div class="_table"><table class="standard-table">
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Specification</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td><a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-span-element">HTML Standard <br><small># the-span-element</small></a></td></tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<div class="_table"><table>
<thead>
<tr id="bct-browser-type">
<th></th>
<th colspan="6">Desktop</th>
<th colspan="6">Mobile</th>
</tr>
<tr id="bct-browsers">
<th></th>
<th>Chrome</th>
<th>Edge</th>
<th>Firefox</th>
<th>Internet Explorer</th>
<th>Opera</th>
<th>Safari</th>
<th>WebView Android</th>
<th>Chrome Android</th>
<th>Firefox for Android</th>
<th>Opera Android</th>
<th>Safari on IOS</th>
<th>Samsung Internet</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr>
<th><code>span</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="see_also">See also</h2>
<div class="section-content"><ul> <li>HTML <a href="div"><code><div></code></a> element</li> </ul></div><div class="_attribution">
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