BR - Forced line break

This element is also available in our updated HTML 4 reference. Some characteristics may have changed.

Appearance:	<BR>
Attributes:	CLEAR=left\|all\|right\|none
Contents:	None (Empty).
May occur in:	BODY, DIV, CENTER, BLOCKQUOTE, FORM, TH, TD, DT, DD, LI, P, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, PRE, ADDRESS, TT, I, B, U, STRIKE, BIG, SMALL, SUB, SUP, EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, FONT, A, APPLET, CAPTION.

The BR tag is used to force line breaks within text. Normally, linebreaks are treated as a space by browsers (except inside the PRE tag). The optional CLEAR attribute is used when you have an IMG image in your text. If that image uses ALIGN=LEFT or ALIGN=RIGHT, the text will flow around it. If you have text you want below the image, you can do this with <BR CLEAR=LEFT> or CLEAR=RIGHT to force scrolling down to a clear left or right margin, respectively. Using CLEAR=ALL will scroll down until both margins are clear. CLEAR=NONE is the default, and does nothing.

Notes:

Some people use multiple BR tags to force whitespace. This is not required by the specs, so it may not work in all browsers.

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