WAP 2.0 Development

Incorporating Line Breaks with the BR Element

Another WML element that allows you to define the look of text is the BR element. This element forces the insertion of a line break into the text.

Unlike most WML elements, the BR element contains no starting or ending tag. The BR element is an empty-element tag. In other words, a line break is created by simply inserting <br/> into the text whenever you want a new line of text to start.

The BR element is easy to use and contains no attributes. To see how the BR element works, type the following code into a text editor. Then, save it as break.wml, and run it from a device-emulator. Figure 4.4 shows this file on a device screen:

Figure 4.4. The break.wml file on a device screen.

 1 <?xml version="1.0"?> ...