CSS - Block Level (element|box)

Block-level refers to the (HTML) elements that are formatted visually as blocks.

See for more information: CSS - Block Box

Except for table boxes, and replaced elements, a block-level box can also be a block container box (A container for other boxes).

The “block-level” category roughly corresponds to the element of the category of flow content without the phrasing content elements (hum, hum)

• html
• address
• blockquote
• body
• dd
• div
• HyperText markup Language (HTML)
• dl
• dt
• fieldset
• form
• frame
• frameset
• h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
• noframes
• ol
• p
• ul
• center
• dir
• hr
• menu
• pre

from Appendix D. Default style sheet for HTML 4

• Visual formatting model
• Block-level_elements