The CSS Display Attribute

This attribute determines the manner in which an HTML element is rendered. All HTML elements have an intrinsic display type. For instance, anchors are inline elements while divisions are block elements. We have discussed these issues at length elsewhere. Set this attribute using the code display:value - where value is one of block, inline, inline-block, -moz-inline-stack or none.

This is not an inherited property - i.e. in a child element, if not assigned, it takes the default value rather than the corresponding value in its parent container.