HR horizontal rule XHTML 1.01 Strict

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
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (backwards compatible); language code as RFC3066
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was clicked; script expression
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was double clicked; script expression
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed down; script expression
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed and released; script expression
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was released; script expression
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was pressed down; script expression
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved within; script expression
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved away; script expression
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved onto; script expression
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was released; script expression
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	associated style info; style sheet data
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	advisory title; text used for titles
xml:lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (as per XML 1.0 spec); language code as RFC3066

Content

EMPTY

End tag

Forbidden

Referenced in

blockquote body button dd del div fieldset form ins li map noscript object td th

Example

Source	Appearance
<hr /> And that is how Kelly came to play Henry the VIII in the play. <hr /> Intermission <hr /> 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.