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Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Horizontal Rules elements

The Horizontal Rules <hr /> elements inserts a horizontal line that divides contents. The Horizontal Rules <hr> element has no ending tag but instead must be closed with a trailing slash (/>).

Listed below are the most common attributes you can use for horizontal rules element:
  • align - sets the horizontal alignment of the heading inside the web browser, such as left, right, center and justify.
  • class - provides the class or classes of the heading. This attribute is used to identify the name of the style class or classes to be used for rendering.
  • color - sets a color value or a predefined color name of the element.
  • id - provides a unique name for the heading.
  • lang - provides the language in which the enclosed content is coded.
  • style - provides a cascading style sheet (CSS) properties to the heading.
  • title - privides a text title for the heading. Most web browser displays the value of the title as "tooltip".
  • width - sets the width in pixels (px) of the element.

Here's an example on how to use the horizontal rules element:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />
         <mate name="keywords" content="blog, web development" />
         <title>the HORIZONTAL RULES element</title>
     </head>

     <body>
       <h1>
         the HORIZONTAL RULES element
       </h1>
       <p>
         Upper content
       </p>
       <hr />
       <p>
         Lower content
       </p>
     </body>
   </html>

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