p

Summary

The p (for paragraph) element (<p>) represents a paragraph.

Overview Table

DOM Interface

HTMLParagraphElement

The p element cannot contain block-level elements (including p itself).

Examples

This example uses the p element to create a paragraph.

<p>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</p>

Related specifications

HTML 5.1

W3C Working Draft

HTML 5

W3C Recommendation

HTML 4.01

W3C Recommendation

See also

Related articles

Document Structure

• button

• button

• footer

• head

• main

• nav

• p

• section

HTML

• user-modify

• textLength

• value

• accept

• action

• alt

• autocomplete

• autofocus

• checked

• crossorigin

• form

• formEnctype

• height

• list

• max (HTMLInputElement)

• maxLength

• min

• multiple

• readonly

• size

• standby

• step

• HTML Elements

• !DOCTYPE

• !DOCTYPE

• acronym

• b

• b

• br

• br

• button

• button

• caption

• cite

• code

• col

• colgroup

• datalist

• del

• dfn

• div

• em

• EMBED

• fieldset

• font

• footer

• head

• hn

• hr

• html

• i

• img

• input

• ins

• kbd

• legend

• mark

• option

• p

• samp

• script

• span

• strong

• table

• tbody

• td

• tfoot

• th

• time

Attributions

• Mozilla Developer Network : Article

• Microsoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article