Line Breaks

The line break command causes subsequent text to begin on a new line even though it is part of the same paragraph.

HTML

  <p> 
  Without a line break, text 
  within a paragraph will 
  automatically be formatted 
  to fill the width of the
  browser window.
  </p>
    
  <p> 
  The line break <br> causes subsequent text 
  to begin on a new line. 
  </p>

How It Displays

Without a line break, text within a paragraph will automatically be formatted to fill the width of the browser window.

The line break
causes subsequent text to begin on a new line.


Specifications

From the W3Schools.Com Complete HTML/XHTML Reference: