The <span> element is an inline element that delimits an arbitrary portion of content to which to apply style, display, or event management.

Common attributes

The <span> element supports the class, dir, id, lang, style, and title attributes.

For more information, see Common attributes.

Event attributes

The <span> element supports the onclick, onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown, onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, and onmouseup events.

For more information, see HTML event attributes.