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HTML hr tag and element

HTML horizontal rule

1. HTML hr element is used to represent a horizontal rule.

2. HTML hr element starts with a <hr> tag but end tag forbidden.

Syntax

<hr>

Whether both start and end tags are required

Start tag required, End tag forbidden.

Attributes of hr element

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of using HTML hr element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>HTML hr tag example - HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Following is an HTML hr tag</h2>
<hr>
</body>
</html>

Result

html hr element

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HTML hr tag example

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