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HTML hr tag


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Description

The HTML hr tag draws an horizontal rule where its defined, that may be used as a separator. Most of the visual attributes for this tag have been deprecated in favor of style sheets.

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.

Example:

Code begin <p id="paragraph1">This is the first paragraph named as paragraph1. To dynamically change its properties use this identifier.</p>Code end

class (cdata)

The "class" attribute assigns a class name (or a list of class names separated by spaces) to the container element. It's used with style sheets and tells the browser the class to which the element is associated with. A class gives visual attributes to elements.

Example:

Code begin <p class="references">This article is based on the book "Wind in the trees" by Jhon L. Brooks</p>

<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>Code end

style (style)

Defines a visual style of this element. Is a better practice to define styles attributes in external style sheets grouping them in classes. Attributes in the "style" parameter must preserve this order "name : value" and be separated by a semi-colon.

If you're writing XHTML code it's recommended not to use this attribute and try style sheet classes (with the "class" attribute).

Example:

Code begin <p style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 12pt">This is a paragraph with a defined style</p>
<p>And this is another text without style.</p>Code end

title (text)

Indicates a title for the element. Used to give a short description about the element that is usually shown as a "tool tip" when the user put the mouse pointer over the element.

Example:

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<a title="HTMLQuick.com" href="http://www.htmlquick.com">HTML code</a> HTML code

lang (langcode)

Specifies the language of an element's content. The default value in "unknown".

When writing XHTML code the syntax "xml:lang" represents a preferred alternative in XHTML 1.0 and a replacement in XHTML 1.1 (e.g., xml:lang="en").

Example:

Code begin <p lang="en">This is a paragraph in english.</p>
<p lang="es">Este es un p&aacute;rrafo en espa&ntilde;ol.</p>Code end

dir

Specifies the text direction of the element's contents and attribute values, as well as tables directionality. It has two possible values that are case insensitive:
Example:

Code begin <q lang="he" dir="rtl">...a Hebrew quotation...</q>Code end

align

This attribute have been deprecated

Specifies the horizontal alignment of its element. Possible values are (case-insensitive):

noshade

This attribute have been deprecated

When present, this attribute indicates that the rule must be drawn in a solid color instead of the default 3D effect.

size (pixels)

This attribute have been deprecated

Specifies the height of the rule.

width (length)

This attribute have been deprecated

Specifies the width of the rule.


Events

See complete list and information about events in HTML


Examples

Two paragraphs are separated by a rule.
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<p>Many of the attributes for the HTML HR tag have been deprecated. The reason is that the preferred method is to use style sheets instead.</p>
<hr />
<p>Attributes for the HTML hr tag can be defined through style sheets. Let's see an example CSS line: hr {border-style: solid; border-color: green; border-width: 2px}</p>

Many of the attributes for the HTML HR tag have been deprecated. The reason is that the preferred method is to use style sheets instead.


Attributes for the HTML hr tag can be defined through style sheets. Let's see an example CSS line: hr {border-style: solid; border-color: green; border-width: 2px}




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