The HTML <br> Element (or HTML Line Break Element) produces a line break in text (carriage-return). It is useful for writing a poem or an address, where the division of lines is significant.

Notes:
Do not use <br> to increase the gap between lines of text; use the CSS margin property or the <p> element.

Content categories:
Flow content, phrasing content.

Permitted content:
None, it is an empty element.

Tag omission:
Must have a start tag, and must not have an end tag. In XHTML documents, write this element as <br />.

Permitted parent elements:
Any element that accepts phrasing content.

DOM interface:
HTMLBRElement
