The <br> Element

Inline Text Semantics

The <br> element represents a line break. It should only be used for line breaks that are actually part of the content, as in poems or addresses. For presentational formatting, CSS should be used.

Attributes for <br>

Type	Attribute List
'Standard' Attributes	(none)
Obsolete Attributes	"clear"

Notes

• Do not use the <br> element for separating thematic groups in a paragraph.

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search <br> (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search <br> (email client compatibility information)
• HTML 4.01: BR element
• HTML5 (WHATWG): br element
• MDN: <br>
• Quackit: HTML <br> tag

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "br element"
• Google "br element"