To HTML Content Categories

Flow Content

The body element, which is the beginning of the visible content of the document, expects content that consists of flow content. Flow content is less restrictive than other content categories and the HTML elements that belonging to the flow content category typically contain text or embedded content.

Flow content category has no dependency to other content categories and flow content category allows child elements from interactive, embedded, heading, sectioning, phrasing, and metadata content categories.

Flow Category HTML Elements

HTML elements belonging to this content category are (Click on the html element to view an example): <a>, <abbr>, <address>, <article>, <aside>, <audio>, <b>, <bdo>, <bdi>, <blockquote>, <br>, <button>, <canvas>, <cite>, <code>, <command>, <data>, <dataList>, <del>, <details>, <dfn>, <div>, <dl>, <em>, <embed>, <fieldset>, <figure>, <footer>, <form>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>, <header>, <hgroup>, <hr>, <i>, <iframe>, <img>, <input>, <ins>, <kbd>, <keygen>, <label>, <main>, <map>, <mark>, <math>, <menu>, <meter>, <nav>, <noscript>, <object>, <ol>, <output>, <p>, <pre>, <progress>, <q>, <ruby>, <s>, <samp>, <script>, <section>, <select>, <small>, <span>, <strong>, <sub>, <sup>, <svg>, <table>, <template>, <textarea>, <time>, <ul>, <var>, <video>, <wbr>.

Random category example

<a> html element. Specifies either a hyperlink or a target for a hyperlink. This element exists in following categories: flow and interactive. and allows child elements from interactive, embedded, heading, sectioning, phrasing, and metadata content categories.

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