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Is FORM a Block Element?

Is <FORM> a block element? The answer is yes. <FORM> is behaves like a <P>.

Below is a good example of a floating block element and a floating inline element:

<html><head>
<style type="text/css">
  DIV.page {width: 425px; border: 1px solid black}
  FORM {background-color: #ddddff}
</style>
</head><body><div class="page">
<H3>Box Formatting Model</H3>
<script language="JavaScript">
  for (j=0; j<80; j++) {
    document.write(j+' ');
  }
</script>
<form>Form starts  
<script language="JavaScript">
  for (j=0; j<80; j++) {
    document.write(j+' ');
  }
</script>
Form ends. </form>
<script language="JavaScript">
  for (j=0; j<80; j++) {
    document.write(j+' ');
  }
</script>
<p align="right">By FYICenter.com</p>
<div></body></html>

Save this document as formBlock.html, and view it with a browser, you will see something like this:
           

  1. What Is the HTML Element Formatting Model?
  2. What Are the Formatting Behaviors of HTML Elements?
  3. What Is a Block Element?
  4. What Is an Inline Element?
  5. What Is a Floating Element?
  6. Hot To Specify the Content Box Size of a Block Element?
  7. Hot To Specify Padding Spaces of a Block Element?
  8. Hot To Test Padding Spaces on All 4 Sides?
  9. How To Specify Borders of a Block Element?
  10. Hot To Test Borders with Different Widths, Styles, and Colors?
  11. How To Specify Margin Spaces of a Block Element?
  12. How To Test Margin Spaces on All 4 Sides?
  13. How To Specify the Color of the Margin Area?
  14. How To Specify the Color of the Padding Area?
  15. What Are the Background Properties of a Block Element?
  16. How To Set Background to Transparent or Non-transparent?
  17. How To Add Images to Backgrounds?
  18. What Is the Text Paragraph Formatting Model?
  19. How In-Line Elements Are Mixed in Text Lines?
  20. How In-line Elements Affect Line Box Heights?
  21. Is FORM a Block Element?

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