CSS Display Tutorial

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1- Overview of CSS display
2- CSS {display: none}
3- CSS {display:block}
4- CSS {display: inline}
5- CSS {display: inline-block}
6- CSS {display: grid | inline-grid}
7- CSS {display: flex}

1- Overview of CSS display

CSS display is used in the following situations:

1 - CSS {display: none}

CSS {display:none} is used to hide an element and release the space that it occupies.

2 - CSS {display: block | inline | inline-block}

Use CSS display with one of the block, inline, inline-block values to make the element treated as a Block element, inline element, or inline-block element.  

3 - CSS {display: grid | flex | ... }

Use CSS display with other values ​​( grid, inline-grid, flex, ...) to set the layout for the children of the current element. For example, CSS {display: grid | inline-grid} dividing the surface of the current element into a grid, consisting of many rows and columns, its children will be arranged on these grid cells.

2- CSS {display: none}

CSS {display:none} is used to hide an element and release the space that it occupies. To redisplay this element, use CSS {display:block | inline | inline-block} or remove​​​​​​​ CSS display.
display-none-example.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>CSS {display:none}</title>
      <meta charset="UTF-8"/>
      <script>
          function showHideImage(event)  {
             var myImage = document.getElementById("myImage");
             var displayValue = myImage.style.display;

             if(!displayValue) {
                 myImage.style.display = "none";
             } else {
                 // Remove CSS display.
                 myImage.style.display = null;
                 // OR Set to: block|inline|inline-block.
             }
          }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
       <h2>CSS {display:none}</h2>

       <button onClick="showHideImage(event)">Show/Hide Image</button>

       <div style="padding:5px; margin-top:10px; background:#eee;">
           <img src="../images/flower.png" id= "myImage"/>
           
           Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans,
           Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
           on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC.
           Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar
           surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
       </div>

   </body>
</html>
CSS {visibility:hidden} makes an element become invisible, but it doesn't release the space that the element occupies.

3- CSS {display:block}

Use  CSS {display:block} for an element to make it treated as a Block-level element.
  • Some default elements are a block element, for example <div>, <hr>, ...
  • Some other elements are by default Inline elements, for example <span>, your can use CSS {display:block} for them to turn it into a block element.
A block element is always displayed as a rectangle. The browser automatically adds line breaks before and after of this element.
Example: Apply CSS {display:block} to the < span> element to turn it into a block element:  
display-block-example.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>CSS {display:block}</title>
      <meta charset="UTF-8"/>

      <script>
          function setDisplayBlock()  {
             var mySpan = document.getElementById("mySpan");
             mySpan.style.display = "block";
          }
          // Use default display.
          function removeDisplay()  {
             var mySpan = document.getElementById("mySpan");
             mySpan.style.display = null;
          }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
       <h2>CSS {display:block}</h2>

       <button onClick="setDisplayBlock()">Set {display:block}</button>
       <button onClick="removeDisplay()">Remove display property</button>

       <div style="padding:5px; margin-top:10px; background:#eee;">
           <img src="../images/flower.png" id= "myImage"/>

           <span id="mySpan" style="background:yellow">Apollo 11</span> was the
           spaceflight that landed the first humans,
           Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
           on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC.
           Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar
           surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
       </div>

   </body>
</html>

4- CSS {display: inline}

Use  CSS {display:inline} for an element to make it treated as a Inline element.
  • Some elements are by default inline elements, for example, <span>, <strong>, ...
  • Some other elements are by default block elements, for example, <div>, for which you can use CSS {display:inline} to turn them into inline elements.
An inline element, in many cases, are not a rectangle. It may lie on multiple lines. 
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans,
Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC.

Armstrong
<span style="background:yellow;">
  became the first to step onto the lunar
   surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
</span>
Example, apply  CSS {display:inline} to a  <div> element to turn it into an inline element.
display-inline-example.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>CSS {display:inline}</title>
      <meta charset="UTF-8"/>

      <script>
          function setDisplayInline()  {
             var myDiv = document.getElementById("myDiv");
             myDiv.style.display = "inline";
          }
          // Use default display.
          function removeDisplay()  {
             var myDiv = document.getElementById("myDiv");
             myDiv.style.display = null;
          }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
       <h2>CSS {display:inline}</h2>

       <button onClick="setDisplayInline()">Set {display:inline}</button>
       <button onClick="removeDisplay()">Remove display property</button>

       <div style="padding:5px; margin-top:10px; background:#eee;">
           <img src="../images/flower.png" />

           <div id="myDiv" style="background:yellow">
             Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans,
             Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
             on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC.
           </div>

           Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar
           surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
       </div>

   </body>
</html>

5- CSS {display: inline-block}

Use  CSS {display:inline-block} for element to make it treated as an Inline-block element.
"Inline-block element" is a rectangle. The browser will not automatically add line breaks before and after this element,  which makes inline-block elements possible on the same line.
display-inline-block-example.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>CSS {display:inline-block}</title>
      <meta charset="UTF-8"/>
      <style>
          div {
            background: yellow;
            padding: 5px;
            margin: 5px;
          }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
       <h2>CSS {display:inline-block}</h2>

       <div style="display:inline-block">
           HTML Tutorial
       </div>

       <div style="display:inline-block">
           CSS Tutorial
       </div>

       <div style="display:inline-block">
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       </div>

       <div style="display:inline-block">
           Bootstrap Tutorial
       </div>

       <div style="display:inline-block">
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       </div>

   </body>
</html>

6- CSS {display: grid | inline-grid}

CSS {display:grid | inline-grid} is applied to an element to divide its surface into a grid, consisting of rows and columns. Its child elements will be arranged on grid cells. It makes it easier to design pages instead of using CSS float or element positioning techniques.

7- CSS {display: flex}

  • TODO Link!

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