<br>: The HTML Line Break Element

1 Description

The HTML <br> element directs the web browser to insert a line break where the element appears. This is useful when you want to control where one line of text ends and the next line of text begins, rather than allowing the web browser to decide.

The <br> element is self closing, and may not contain content. Self closing means that there is only one tag that looks like this <br/>.

2 Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Example Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Mailing Address of Fictitious Company</h1>
        <p>Notice the useage of the br element to create line breaks in the mailing address.</p>
        <input name="test_input" id="search" placeholder="Search"/>
        <address>
            Example Company Inc.<br/>
            1234 Example Street<br/>
            New York City, New York 1003
        </address>
    </body>
</html>

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