HTML <br> tag
The <br> tag is used to insert a line break. The <br> tag will break a line of text or other data and continue it on the next line.
NOTE: The <br> tag has no end tag.
Standard attributes
class, id, style, title
For more information on standard attributes, check out our HTML standard attributes reference page.
Event attributes
NONE
For more information on event attributes, check out our HTML event attributes reference page.
Example
some text Split this paragraph into three different lines.
Tips & notes
Don't use the <br> tag to create paragraphs. Meaning, don't write a bunch of text, then insert a few <br> tags and then add more text and repeat the process. Formatting tags like <p> exist for such purposes.
Don't overuse the <br> tag. For example, if you want to skip 6 lines between a few different elements on a page. This will result in markup clutter and makes code harder to work with. If you need that much spacing on a page, a much better solution would be to use CSS. Use the <br> tag to insert a few line breaks here and there, but not big gaps of spaces on your pages.