Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

br

Synopsis

    <br />

Attributes

Core (id, class, style, title)

Deprecated Attributes

clear="none | left | right | all "

The br element is straightforward to use, as shown in this example.

    <p>This is a paragraph but I want<br />this text to start
on a new line in the browser.</p>

The clear attribute is used with the br element to specify where the next line should appear in relation to floated elements. For example, if an image has been floated to the right, then adding the markup <br clear="right" /> in the flow of text causes the new line to begin below the image on the right margin. The value left starts the next line below any floated objects on the left margin. The value all starts the next line below floats on both margins. The default, none, causes the next line to start where it would normally.