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- Attribute of
- Using br To Insert Line Breaks In HTML: Here's How
- What does
<br clear=""">do? - Was used to ensure that line breaks "cleared" floated or aligned elements above them. Deprecated.
Use CSS
The clear attribute was used to ensure that a line break appearing in text wrapped around an image (using the deprecated align attribute would clear the image, causing the next bit of content after the <br> to appear below the image. This and most other presentational attributes have been deprecated in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
br.clear { clear: both; } 