Dec 22, 2009 · Simply <br> is sufficient. The other forms are there for compatibility with XHTML; to make it possible to write the same code as XHTML, and have it also work as HTML. Some …

May 14, 2016 · Can anyone explain what &lt;br /&gt; does to the page? The result is unexpected. I tested the code on the latest version of Chrome and Firefox, the result is the same on both …

Explore the correct usage of <br> and <br/> in HTML, including differences, compatibility, and best practices for web development.

Nov 25, 2015 · This Stack Overflow discussion explores whether there is an ASCII character equivalent to the HTML <br> tag for line breaks in text.

If I want to remove the space between rows of two elements separated by a &lt;br&gt; tag, how would I do that? The rows are too close one to other. How can I make like half of the height of …

Jun 12, 2012 · 30 In following example: Line1 <br /> Line2 I'm using <br /> to force Line2 to go to next line, but as far as I know there is no cross browser friendly way of setting the height of br. …

Aug 25, 2015 · The br element may only be used for line breaks "that are actually part of the content". Such line breaks are typically those in addresses or in poems. In your case, you …

Is it possible to target the line-break &lt;br/&gt; tag with CSS? I would like to have a 1px dashed line every time there is a line-break. I am customising a site with my own CSS and cannot …

Apr 20, 2012 · I use &lt;br /&gt; to insert blank lines on my webpage. What is an elegant way to do the equivalent of 20 - 40 of these? After formatting, each br tag is put on a separate line which …

Apr 13, 2016 · Yes, this takes a tad more effort to create a <br />, but a simplistic “every line break is a <br />” rule wouldn’t work for Markdown. Markdown’s email-style blockquoting and …