HTML 5 <hr> Tag

The HTML <hr> tag is used for specifying a paragraph-level thematic break in an HTML document.

A a paragraph-level thematic break could be a scene change in a story, or a transition to another topic within a section of a reference book.

Prior to HTML5, the <hr> tag was used purely for presentational purposes (i.e. to create a horizontal rule). From HTML5 however, it was given a specific semantic purpose (to represent a paragraph-level thematic break).

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Attributes

HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;".

There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.

The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.

Element-Specific Attributes

The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.

AttributeDescription
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Global Attributes

The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags (although the tabindex attribute does not apply to dialog elements).

For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 global attributes.

Event Handler Content Attributes

Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event.

For a full list of event handlers, see HTML 5 event handler content attributes.