Revision 1023552 of <span>

<div>{{HTMLRef}}</div>

<h2 id="Übersicht">Übersicht</h2>

<p>The <strong>HTML <code>&lt;span&gt;</code> element</strong> is a generic inline container for phrasing content, which does not inherently represent anything. It can be used to group elements for styling purposes (using the <code>class</code> or <code>id</code> attributes), or because they share attribute values, such as <code>lang</code>. It should be used only when no other semantic element is appropriate. <code>&lt;span&gt;</code> is very much like a {{HTMLElement("div")}} element, but {{HTMLElement("div")}} is a <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Block-level_elements">block-level element</a> whereas a <code>&lt;span&gt;</code> is an<a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Inline_elements"> inline element</a>.</p>

<table class="properties">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row"><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">Flow content</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Phrasing content">phrasing content</a>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted content</th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Phrasing content">Phrasing content</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Tag omission</th>
   <td>{{no_tag_omission}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted parent elements</th>
   <td>Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>, or any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content">flow content</a>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">DOM interface</th>
   <td>{{domxref("HTMLSpanElement")}} (before HTML 5, the interface was {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Attributes" name="Attributes">Attribute</h2>

<p><span style="line-height:21px">Dieses Element beinhaltet nur die </span><a href="/de/docs/HTML/Globale_Attribute" style="line-height: 21px;" title="HTML/Global attributes">globalen Attribute</a><span style="line-height:21px">.</span></p>

<h2 id="Example1" name="Example1">Beispiel 1</h2>

<pre class="brush:html;gutter:false">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Some text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</pre>

<h3 id="Result1" name="Result1">Ergebnis</h3>

<p><span>Some text</span></p>

<h2 id="Example2" name="Example2">Beispiel 2</h2>

<pre class="brush:html;gutter:false">
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;a href="portfolio.html" target="_blank"&gt;See my portfolio&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
</pre>

<h3 id="CSS" name="CSS">CSS:</h3>

<div class="note">
<p name="Result">li span {<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; background: gold;<br />
 }</p>
</div>

<h3 id="Result2" name="Result2">Resultat</h3>

<ul>
 <li><span style="background:gold">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="portfolio.html" target="_blank">See my portfolio</a></span></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Spezifikation"><span>Spezifikationen</span></h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Spezifikation</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Kommentar</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'text-level-semantics.html#the-span-element', '&lt;span&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'text-level-semantics.html#the-span-element', '&lt;span&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>Die DOM-Schnittstelle ist nun {{domxref("HTMLSpanElement")}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML4.01', 'struct/global.html#edef-SPAN', '&lt;span&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML4.01')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="See_also" name="See_also">Browser Kompatibilität</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE&nbsp;Phone</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also" name="See_also">Siehe auch</h2>

<ul>
 <li>HTML {{HTMLElement("div")}} element</li>
</ul>