br-Tag for Line Breaks

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The line break tag is the <br> tag in HTML and <br /> in XHTML.

A br tag will insert a line break which means the text/image following the tag will be moved to the next line when displayed in the browser.

The following is a regular paragraph.

This is a regular paragraph. Everything between the opening and closing paragraph tags keeps flowing. The paragraph tag adds a line before and after the paragraph, unlike the br tag.

HTML coding for the above paragraph:

<p>This is a regular paragraph. Everything between the opening and closing paragraph tags keeps flowing. The paragraph tag adds a line before and after the paragraph, unlike the br tag.</p>

This paragraph uses the HTML br tag (line break tag) at the end of each sentence:

When you insert a br tag into your HTML coding it creates a line break.
The text in this sentence is after a br tag.
Here’s a new sentence with the br tag inserted before it.

HTML coding for the above paragraph:

<p>When you insert a br tag into your HTML coding it creates a line break.<br />
The text in this sentence is after a br tag.<br />
Here’s a new sentence with the br tag inserted before it.</p>

Examples

 

Code	Result
A four word line<br/>A four word line<br/>A four word line.	A four word line A four word line A four word line.
A line<br/><br/><br/>Another line	A lineAnother line