Tag Description

The p tag is used to define a paragraph. By default, space before and after paragraph elements is automatically included.

This tag has the form:

<p>text</p>

HTML5 and HTML4.01 Differences

The align attribute, which was deprecated in HTML4.01, is no longer supported in HTML5.

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
align	left right top bottom	Defines the alignment of a caption HTML4:  HTML5:

Global Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Global Attributes.

Event Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Event Attributes.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this tag:

<p>
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
</p>
<p>
  Ut enim ad minim veniam...
</p>   

This produces the following result:

Browser Support

Chrome	Firefox	IE	Safari	Opera

Doctype Declaration Support

The following table lists the doctype declarations this element may appear in:

HTML4.01 / XHTML1.0			XHTML 1.1	HTML 5
Traditional	Strict	Frameset

Miscellaneous Information

Defined In:	HTML 3.2
Empty Tag:	No