Line Break

End Tag: Omitted
Support Key: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE1 | M1 | N1 | O2.1
What is it?
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What is it?
The BR element explicitly indicates that a line break be placed in a section of content. This overrides the typical HTML behavior which lets the browser decide when to put linebreaks in a document. The same indentation level applied to the previous line will be applied to the new line of content.

Common Attributes
%Core%
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE5 | M | N4 | O3.5

Specific Attributes
Clear
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE1 | M3 | N1 | O2.1
Required? No
Description:
This attribute was added to deal with floating images produced through the Left and Right ALIGN attributes to the IMG element. It can now be used for effect in any situation where floating elements exist [images, objects, spacers, tables, etc.]
Values:
   None [DEFAULT - No special line breaking effects are applied relative to the floating element -just a normal break.]
   Left [breaks line and moves down vertically until there is a clear left margin]
   Right [breaks line and moves down vertically until there is a clear right margin]
   All [breaks line and moves down vertically until both margins are clear of images.]
Example
<p>This is a line of text with a linebreak here. <br> This is text after</p>
Parent Model
%In-line Parent% | %Block Parent%
Content Model
This element does not accept any content.
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