HTML Paragraphs

A paragraph always starts on a new line, and is usually a block of text.

<p> element defines a paragraph. A paragraph always starts on a new line, and browsers automatically add some white space (a margin) before and after a paragraph.

You cannot be sure how HTML will be displayed. Large or small screens, and resized windows will create different results. With HTML, you cannot change the display by adding extra spaces or extra lines in your HTML code. The browser will automatically remove any extra spaces and lines when the page is displayed:

<p> This paragraph contains a lot of lines in the source code, but the browser ignores it. </p> <p>

a lot of spaces in the source code, but the browser ignores it. </p>

<hr> tag defines a thematic break in an HTML page, and is most often displayed as a horizontal rule.

<hr> element is used to separate content (or define a change) in an HTML page:

<hr>

<hr>

<hr> tag is an empty tag, which means that it has no end tag.

<br> element defines a line break.

<br> if you want a line break (a new line) without starting a new paragraph:

<br> tag is an empty tag, which means that it has no end tag.

This poem will display on a single line:

<p> My Bonnie lies over the ocean. My Bonnie lies over the sea. My Bonnie lies over the ocean. Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. </p>

<pre> element defines preformatted text.

<pre>

Courier), and it preserves both spaces and line breaks:

<pre> My Bonnie lies over the ocean. My Bonnie lies over the sea. My Bonnie lies over the ocean. Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. </pre>

W3Schools' tag reference contains additional information about HTML elements and their attributes.