Role of Div Tag in HTML5

Introduction

The <div> tag is used for defining a section or a division in an HTML page. You can use it to group large sections as a block and can be formatted (Presentation of block) using Style Sheet (CSS) in your document. For example, you can wrap a header block in one div and content block in another div. See the following code, in which I used a different div for each block. In simple terms, it is a container in which you create a division of your documents and you can manipulate your document layout using class and id names in the div tag. HTML5 has introduced a number of new tags that you will use in place of div tags such as article, aside, footer, header, section, and nav.

Syntax

<div

align=" Specifies the alignment of the content inside a div element. Possible values are : center | justify | left | right"
class="Specifies class names"
dir=" rtl (Right to Left | ltr (Left to Right)"
id=" specifies unique id identifier"
lang=" Specifies a language code for the content in an element. "
style="style information"
title="advisory text">

</div>

Attributes Introduced by HTML5
accesskey	spaced list of accelerator key(s)
contenteditable	true \| false \| inherit
contextmenu	id of menu
data-X	user-defined data
draggable	true \| false \| auto
hidden	hidden
itemid	microdata id in URL format
itemprop	microdata value
itemref	space-separated list of IDs that may contain microdata
itemscope	itemscope
itemtype	microdata type in URL format
spellcheck	true \| false
tabindex	number

HTML5 Event Attribute
onabort	onblur	oncanplay	oncanplaythrough
onchange	onclick	oncontextmenu	ondblclick
ondrag	ondragend	ondragenter	ondragleave
ondragover	ondragstart	ondrop	ondurationchange
onemptied	onended	onerror	onfocus
onformchange	onforminput	oninput	oninvalid
onkeydown	onkeypress	onkeyup	onload
onloadeddata	onloadedmetadata	onloadstart	onmousedown
onmousemove	onmouseout	onmouseover	onmouseup
onmousewheel	onpause	onplay	onplay
onplaying	onprogress	onratechange	onreadystatechange
onscroll	onseeked	onseeking	onselect
onshow	onstalled	onsubmit	onsuspend
ontimeupdate	onvolumechange	onwaiting