HTML 5: The Markup Language (ARIA Edition)

pparagraph # T

The p element represents a paragraph.

Content model #

Attribute model #

Element-specific attributes #

Tag omission #

A p element must have a start tag.

A p element's end tag may be omitted if the p element is immediately followed by an address, article, aside, blockquote, dialog, dir, div, dl, fieldset, footer, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, header, hr, menu, nav, ol, p, pre, section, table, or ul, element, or if there is no more content in the parent element and the parent element is not an a element.

Permitted contexts #

Typical default display properties #

p {
display: block;
margin: 1.0em 0px; }