List of HTML5 Block Level Elements

In this tutorial, we will discuss about one of the type of HTML5 elements i.e block level elements in HTML5. As in one of the article, we already have posted information about different types of HTML4 elements and difference between them. You can read that article by clicking on Read More...

HTML5 Block Level Elements

In general, HTML5 elements can be divided into two categories :

1. Block Level Elements
2. Inline Elements

Details about HTML5 Block Level Elements

1. HTML block level elements can appear in the body of an HTML page.
2. It can contain other block level as well as inline elements.
3. By default, block-level elements begin on new lines.
4. Block level elements create larger structures (than inline elements).

Block-level elements place a line break before and after the element

Here is the complete list of Block Level Elements in HTML5

Selector	HTML Use	Selector	HTML Use
article*	Article Content	header*	Section or Page Header
aside*	Aside Content	hgroup*	Groups Header Information
blockquote	Long Quotation	hr	Horizontal Rule
body	Page Body	li	List Item
br	Line Break	map	Image Map
button	Push Button	object	Object Embedding
canvas*	Draw Area	ol	Ordered List
caption	Table Caption	output*	Form Output
col	Table Column	p	Paragraph
colgroup	Group of Table Columns	pre	Preformatted Text
dd	Definition Description	progress*	Displays progress of time consuming task
div	Division	section*	Section in Web page
dl	Definition List	table	Table
dt	Definition Term	tbody	Table Body
embed	External Content	textarea	Form Text Input Area
fieldset	Fieldset Label	tfoot	Table Footer
figcaption*	Figure Caption	th	Table Header
figure*	Groups Media Content and Caption	thead	Table Header
footer*	Section or page footer	tr	Table Row
form	Input Form	ul	Unordered List
h1 to h6	Heading Levels 1–6	video*	Video player

* will represent Block Level Elements new in HTML5

Conclusion :

I hope that this article would have helped you in understanding HTML5 Block Level Elements. Your feedback and constructive contributions are always welcome.