body { font: 13px verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; } #wrapper { width: 580px; } b { color:#000; font-weight: bold; } #fooObject { /* simple box */ position:absolute; left:0px; top:40%; width:200px; height: 100px; line-height:6em; background-color:#aabb45; border: solid green 4px; white-space:nowrap; padding:0.5em; }
A div is a block-level HTML element without any default property values.
Basically, it's a rectangular area of page space whose properties you can control.
For instance, you can control its position on the page, its height, and its width.