HR horizontal rule HTML 3.2

Purpose

horizontal rule

Description

This element places a horizontal rule in the document. Note that it is best to use horizontal rules sparingly--they can help you break up your document, but over-use can make a document appear cluttered.

Start tag

Required <HR>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
align	( left \| right \| center )	#IMPLIED	horizontal alignment
noshade	( noshade )	#IMPLIED	use if you want a solid line rather than one with shading that appears etched into page
size	NUMBER	#IMPLIED	integer representing length in pixels; vertical size of line in pixels
width	CDATA	#IMPLIED	nn for pixels or nn% for percentage length; width of line in pixels or as a percent of available space

Content

EMPTY

End tag

Forbidden

Referenced in

BLOCKQUOTE BODY CENTER DD DIR DIV FORM LI MENU TD TH

Example

Source	Appearance
<hr> And that is how Kelly came to play Henry the VIII in the play. <hr noshade> Intermission <hr noshade size="10" width="33%" align="right"> In our next episode, we return to the park.	And that is how Kelly came to play Henry the VIII in the play. Intermission In our next episode, we return to the park.