Content sections

The content sections are quite similar to the semantic content sections. The main difference is that the use of all the given elements are not driven by the outline or purpose of the document like the semantic sections are.

hr

The hr element is the horizontal rule element, its syntax is as follows:

<hr>

Description

By default, the hr element will draw a horizontal line in the content. You can change the look of this element through CSS.

This element should never have any content inside of it:

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<hr/>
<p>This paragraph goes in another direction.</p>

pre

The pre element is the preformatted text:

<pre></pre>

Description

The text in an HTML document is usually not shown in the browser with the same whitespace or line ...

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