hr Element

 

Module

The hr element is a block-level element declared by the XHTML 1.1 Presentation Module (Block Presentation)

Elements in the Presentation Module are:
big | small | sub | sup | i | b | tt (Inline Presentation Support Module)
hr (Block Presentation Support Module)

Description

The hr element inserts a horizontal rule in order to visually separate regions of text. Rendering of the rule varies from browser to browser and CSS styling of this element does not always produce consistent results.

There is no styling applied to the hr element on this page and so is displayed using your browser's default behaviour.

#REQUIRED Attributes

There are no #REQUIRED attributes on the hr element.

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Specific Attributes

There are no specific attributes declared on the hr element.

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Common Attributes

From the Core Attribute Collection

class [ type NMTOKENS ]

One or more space separated classes

id [ type ID ]

A unique identifier for the element

style [ type CDATA ], from the Style Attribute Module (deprecated)

Element-specific styles

title [ type Text ]

Descriptive title for the element (in some user agents this may appear as a "tooltip" when the mouse hovers over the element)

xmlns [ type URI - #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' ]

XML namespace

From the I18N Attribute Collection

dir [ type Enumeration (ltr | rtl) ], from the Bi-directional Text Module

Left-to-right or right-to-left directionality

xml:lang [ type LanguageCode ]

A language code for the element

From the Events Attribute Collection

All attributes in the Events Attribute Collection are supported:
onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

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Content Model

The Content Model for the hr element is:

EMPTY

See Content Model & Nesting for information about Content Model syntax and Nesting Groups.

Valid children of hr

This element is empty and may have no children.

Valid parents of hr

• From the Structure Module: body
• From the Text Module: blockquote, div
• From the List Module: dd, li
• From the Tables Module: td, th
• From the Forms Module: button, fieldset, form
• From the Client-side Image Map Module: map
• From the Scripting Module: noscript
• From the Edit Module: del, ins
• From the Object Module: object