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HTML <p> Tag

Example

A paragraph is marked up as follows:

<p>This is some text in a paragraph.</p>

Try it yourself »
(more examples at the bottom of this page)

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The <p> tag is supported in all major browsers.

Definition and Usage

The <p> tag defines a paragraph.

Browsers automatically add some space (margin) before and after each <p> element. The margins can be modified with CSS (with the margin properties).

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

NONE

Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0 DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute Value Description DTD
align left
right
center
justify		 Deprecated. Use styles instead.
Specifies the alignment of the text within a paragraph		 TF

Standard Attributes

The <p> tag supports the following standard attributes:

Attribute Value Description DTD
class classname Specifies a classname for an element STF
dir rtl
ltr		 Specifies the text direction for the content in an element STF
id id Specifies a unique id for an element STF
lang language_code Specifies a language code for the content in an element STF
style style_definition Specifies an inline style for an element STF
title text Specifies extra information about an element STF
xml:lang language_code Specifies a language code for the content in an element, in XHTML documents STF

More information about Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

The <p> tag supports the following event attributes:

Attribute Value Description DTD
onclick script Script to be run on a mouse click STF
ondblclick script Script to be run on a mouse double-click STF
onmousedown script Script to be run when mouse button is pressed STF
onmousemove script Script to be run when mouse pointer moves STF
onmouseout script Script to be run when mouse pointer moves out of an element STF
onmouseover script Script to be run when mouse pointer moves over an element STF
onmouseup script Script to be run when mouse button is released STF
onkeydown script Script to be run when a key is pressed STF
onkeypress script Script to be run when a key is pressed and released STF
onkeyup script Script to be run when a key is released STF

More information about Event Attributes.

Examples

Try it Yourself - Examples

More paragraphs
Some default behaviors of paragraphs.

Poem problems
Examples of how you can NOT write a poem in HTML.

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