HTML Paragraph Tag

p tag in html

HTML Paragraph Tag <p> is used to add paragraph into the web pages.

Characteristics of HTML Paragraph Tag :-

  • Always starts from a new line and browsers automatically adds some margins before and after the paragraphs.
  • By default the display of the <p> tag is block which you can change using CSS.
  • Have both opening and closing tags.
  • Different display results for different sized screens.
  • The browser itself removes the extra spaces and lines. Therefore you cannot format a paragraph using white spaces.
  • The align attribute on <p> tag is obsolete i.e. don’t use it.

For Example :

<p>
This paragraph contains a lot of lines in the source code, but the browser ignores it.
</p>

<p>
This paragraph
contains      a lot of spaces
in the source     code,
but the    browser 
ignores it.
</p>

<p>
The number of lines in a paragraph depends on the size of the browser window. 
</p>

Output :

HTML Paragraph tag

Note :-

Watch HTML headings video (with examples) on YouTube – Click here
HTML Heading tag – Click here
HTML Paragraph formatting tags – Click here

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