br

Form

<br>
<br />　(description in XHTML)

Attributes

attribute default description
id none specifies the unique ID
class none specifies the style sheet class
style none specifies the style sheet
clear none stops the text wrap

Support

HTML 2, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE3 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 3 or later][Netscape 2 or later]

Explanation

The br tag denotes a line break. If specifying that a text is wrapped around an image, you can specify left, right or all value in the clear attribute and stop the text from wrapping around the image. The left value forces a text break below an image floating on the left, the right value does the same below floating on the right and the all value forces a break below images on both sides.
This tag is descrived like <br /> in XHTML.

Related Tags

nobr, wbr

Sample Code [Output]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=shift_jis">
<title>Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sample</h1>
<p>
It is the br tag that is used for a line break.
</p>
</body>
</html>