CSS - Block container box

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A block container box is just a container of boxes created from HTML container element and rendered as a block box.

It can contains either:

Not all block container boxes are block boxes:

  • non-replaced inline blocks
  • and non-replaced table cells

are block containers but not block-level boxes.

HTML Element

HTML element that are generally use as a block container box:

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