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[adamsen]

What is the <span>-tag for? Is it the same as the <div>-tag?

[rangana]

span tag is different from div tag.

The former is an inline-level element and the later is a block-level.

span tag is most used to hook a text in the document. When your element is inside the span tag, you have the ability to style them differently from the rest of the text.

For further reading:
http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_span.asp

Hope that helps.

[maiden]

exactly! a span is usually used inside another element to customize text in a different way!