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HTML: What's the correct form of BR?

How is correct to write the br tag in html?

<br />

or 

<br>

or anything else? :))

Solution

  • It depends on the doctype you're using. In the original versions of HTML (up to HTML4), only <br> is correct. In XHTML (which is based on XML), only <br /> is correct. In HTML5, both are allowed although <br> is preferred.