Study Guide: Web Design - BR and HR Tags

As mentioned earlier some tags do not have an associated end tag. The following two commonly used tags do not have an associated end tag.

<BR>, or break, essentially inserts a carriage return or new line into your document. Use it to force a break in your text. For example:

Fresh cold apple cider <BR>

Just baked apple pie <BR>

Home cooked apple butter <BR>

These three lines would be displayed single spaced in your browser. Typically, the paragraph tag, <P>, leaves a larger gap before displaying the next line. The break tag is useful if you want the start a new line but you don't want a lot of vertical space used.

The horizontal rule, <HR> provides a way to make a dividing line between sections of text. It simply draws a line across your page.

Exercise: Add these two tags to your page. Examine the results using your browser.