HTML hr tag
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The HTML hr element draws a horizontal ruler, that may be used as separator.
This element has a set of presentational attributes that have been deprecated in HTML 4.01. These attributes are: align, noshade, size and width, and their use isn't recommended.
Examples
<hr />
<p>This is the first line of the following subject.</p>
This is the last line of the frist subject.
This is the first line of the following subject.
Attributes
id (name)
The "id" attribute assigns an identifier to the associated element. This identifier must be unique in the document and can be used to refer to that element in other instances (e.g., from client-side scripts).
class (cdata)
The "class" attribute assigns a class name (or a list of class names separated by spaces) to the container element. It is used together with style sheets and tells the browser the class (or classes) to which the element is associated.
A class gives presentational attributes to elements (read more at the Cascading Style Sheets tutorial).
<p class="references important">This article is based on the book "Wind in the trees" by Jhon L. Brooks... and is more important than the one before.</p>
style (style)
This attribute is used to define presentational attributes for the containing element, and its value should be composed by style sheets properties. Although in some cases it can become useful, a better practice is to place presentational attributes in external files, relating them to elements with the "class" attribute. This way you keep the semantic and presentational parts of your document separated.
You can find more information about presentational attributes at the Cascading Style Sheets tutorial.
<p>And this is another text without style.</p>
title (text)
The purpose of this attribute is to provide a title for the element. Its value must be a short and accurate description of the element. Browsers usually render it as a "tool tip" when the user puts the mouse pointer over the element for a short period of time.
lang (langcode)
Specifies the language of an element's content. The default value is "unknown".
When writing XHTML 1.0 documents, the attribute used to specify the language of an elements is "xml:lang". For forward and backward compatibility both attributes can be used simultaneously as in the example below. Note that in XHTML 1.1 the "lang" attribute has been completely replaced by "xml:lang" and its use is no longer valid.
<p lang="es" xml:lang="es">Este es un párrafo en español.</p>
dir
This attribute indicates the direction in which the texts of the element must be read. This includes content, attribute values and tables. It has two possible values that are case-insensitive:
- RTL: Right to left.
- LTR: Left to right.
align
This attribute has been deprecated in HTML 4.01. Therefore its use is no longer recommended.
It defined the horizontal alignment of the rule. Possible values (case-insensitive) are:
- left: Rule is aligned to the left margin.
- right: Rule is aligned to the right margin.
- center: Rule is centered. This is the default value.
noshade
This attribute has been deprecated in HTML 4.01. Therefore its use is no longer recommended.
When this boolean attribute is present, the rule is drawn with a solid line instead of the default 3D effect.
Remember that XHTML requires boolean attributes to be declared with their names for value.
size (pixels)
This attribute has been deprecated in HTML 4.01. Therefore its use is no longer recommended.
This attribute specifies the height of the rule in pixels. Its default value depends directly on the browser.
width (length)
This attribute has been deprecated in HTML 4.01. Therefore its use is no longer recommended.
It specifies the width of the ruler. Its default value is 100%.
Events
- onclick
- ondblclick
- onmousedown
- onmouseup
- onmouseover
- onmousemove
- onmouseout
- onkeypress
- onkeydown
- onkeyup
See a complete list and information about events in HTML
