HTML span Tag - GeeksforGeeks

10 May, 2022
The HTML span element is a generic inline container for inline elements and content. It is used to group elements for styling purposes (by using the class or id attributes), A better way to use it when no other semantic element is available.
The span tag is a paired tag means it has both open(<) and closing (>) tags, and it is mandatory to close the tag. The span tag is used for the grouping of inline elements & this tag does not make any visual change by itself. span is very similar to the div tag, but div is a block-level tag and span is an inline tag.
Syntax: 
<span class="">Some Text</span> 
Attribute: This tag accept all the Global attribute and Event Attributes
Example 1: In this example, we simply use span tag with style in HTML.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <body>    <h2>Welcome To GeeksforGeeks</h2>      <p>GeeksforGeeks is a        <span style="color:red;font-weight:bolder">            computer science</span> portal for        <span style="background-color: lightgreen;">geeks</span>.    </p>  </body> </html>
Output:
HTML <span> tag
Example 2: In this example, suppose we want to write three times GeeksforGeeks in three lines with bold, italic, underline, in green color with font-family = courier new, so we need to use many HTML tags such as <b>, <i>, <u>, <font> for every time in every line, and we want to make changes need to modify every tag.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <body>    <h2>Welcome To GfG</h2>    <span>The span tag does not create a line break</span>    <span>it allows the user to separate things from other elements</span>    <span>around them on a page within the same line</span>    <br>     <!-- First Line -->    <font color="009900" size="6">        <b>            <u>                <i>GeeksforGeeks</i>            </u>        </b>    </font>     <br>     <!-- Second Line -->    <font color="009900" size="6">        <b>            <u>                <i>GeeksforGeeks</i>            </u>        </b>    </font>     <br>     <!-- Third Line -->    <font color="009900" size="6">        <b>            <u>                <i>GeeksforGeeks</i>            </u>        </b>    </font>  </body> </html>
Output:
Example 3: In this example, by using <span> tag, we can reduce code and HTML Attributes, see the below example that will display the same output as the above example with using <span> tag by applying CSS in a span tag.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head>    <title>GeeksforGeeks span tag</title>     <!-- style for span tag  -->    <style type=text/css>        span {            color: green;            text-decoration: underline;            font-style: italic;            font-weight: bold;            font-size: 26px;        }    </style></head> <body>    <h2>Welcome To GFG</h2>    <span>GeeksforGeeks</span></br>    <span>GeeksforGeeks</span></br>    <span>GeeksforGeeks</span></br></body> </html>
Output:
Styling the <span> tag using the CSS properties
Example 4: As we know span is an inline tag & it takes space as much as required and leaves space for other elements. All four-span elements will display in the same line because each tag takes only the necessary space and the rest of the space free for other elements.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head>  <title>GeeksforGeeks span tag</title></head> <body>  <h2>Welcome To GfG</h2>  <!-- span tags with inline style/css  -->  <span style="background-color:powderblue;">    GfG</span>  <span style="background-color: lightgray;">    -Contribute-</span>  <span style="background-color: yellow;">    Article</span>  <span style="background-color: lightgreen;">    GCET</span></body> </html>
Output:
span tag illustrates inline-element to acquire the required space for the element  
Example 5: A span tag can be used to set color/background color as a part of a text. In the below example inside paragraph applying, three times span tag with a different style. 
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head>    <title>GeeksforGeeks span tag</title></head> <body>    <h2>Welcome To GfG</h2>         <!-- Inside paragraph applying         span tag with different style -->      <p>        <span style="background-color:lightgreen">            GeeksforGeeks        </span> is A Computer Science Portal where you can        <span style="color:blue;">Publish        </span> your own        <span style="background-color:lightblue;">articles        </span> and share your knowledge with the world!!    </p>  </body> </html>
Output:
Setting the color using <span> tag
Example 6: Manipulate JavaScript with span tag, in the below example, we add a span tag inside a paragraph with id=”demo” we can change its text by applying javascript in this example GFG will be changed “GeeksforGeeks” after clicking on Button. 
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <body>    <h2>Welcome to GfG</h2>      <p>        <span id="demo"              style="background-color:lightgreen;">GfG          </span>        A computer Science portal for Geeks    </p>           <!-- Creating button in java script -->    <button type="button"            onclick="document.getElementById('demo').innerHTML =                 'GeeksforGeeks!!!'">Change Text!    </button></body> </html>
Output:
Manipulation of the <script> tag using Javascript
Difference Between Div tag and span tag: The div and span tag are two common tags when creating pages using HTML and perform with different functionality on them while div tag is a block-level element and span is inline element The div tag creates a line break and by default creates a division between the text that comes after the tag as begun and until the tag ends with </div>. div tag creates separate boxes or containers for all elements inside this tag like text, images, paragraphs.
Supported Browsers: 
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Edge 12 and above
Firefox 1 and above
Opera
Safari
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