HTML and XHTML Step by Step

Inserting Horizontal Lines

Horizontal lines can be useful as dividers between sections of text in a Web page. For example, in the preceding exercise, you created a copyright notice that blends in perhaps a little too well with the rest of the text on the page; it would stand out more if separated from the rest of the document by a horizontal line. You might also want to add another horizontal line between the first headings and the rest of the document.

To add a horizontal line, simply add the following one-sided code where you want the line to appear:

<hr />

The closing space and slash are optional in HTML, but required in XHTML, so it’s a good idea ...