Inserting line break in html text

Asked By Ava White 10 points N/A Posted on - 04/06/2012

How can I insert a line break in formatting html paragraph?

I am confuse in using the <BR>, <PRE>, and & nbps tagline in html.

Can you help me differentiate their function?

Thanks

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Answered By Gideon Yasti 15 points N/A #102107

Inserting line break in html text

<br> tag uses for a single line break. <br> tag is an empty tag where have no end tag.  But in XHTML, <br> tag have ending tag which is </br>. There needed to close  <br> tag by use </br> as a ending tag. <br> forces a line to break where it’s put.
Example 1 :

Techyv.com <br>
I love you <br>

Example 2

<br>Techyv.com</br>
<br> I love you </br>

Nbsp; means Non breaking space.  We can use that code for use as tab button in keyboard.

Example :

I &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Love &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TechyV.com,<br>

<pre> tag means Pre Formatting Tag.  <pre> tag used for special circumstances where we want to display the text as it is typed. That’s why it called pre formatting tag.

Example :

<pre>
I love You,
     I love You,
I love You,
     I love You!
</pre>

For instance, without break tags, the following:

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Answered By agnes Grace 0 points N/A #102108

Inserting line break in html text

<BR> tag in HTML is used to provide single line break, and it do not require a closing tag.

 

Example:-

 

How <BR> you

 

Result:-

 

How

 

You

 

<PRE> tag is used to display the content in the same formatting as defined in HTML code and it require a closing tag

 

Example:-

 

<PRE>A…..  B</PRE>

 

Result:-

 

A…..  B

 

&nbsp; is special tag in HTML that is used to provide 1 tab space between the words. 

 

Example-

 

A&nbsp;B

 

Result:-

 

A   B

 

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