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Learn more about Labs What is the alternative to <br /> if I want to control the height between lines? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 5 months ago Modified 2 years, 9 months ago Viewed 112k times 30

In following example:

Line1 <br /> Line2

I'm using <br /> to force Line2 to go to next line, but as far as I know there is no cross browser friendly way of setting the height of br. What is an alternative method I could use?

• html
• css

Share Improve this question Follow edited Jun 12, 2012 at 12:01 James Allardice 166k2222 gold badges334334 silver badges315315 bronze badges asked Jun 12, 2012 at 12:00 DavidWDavidW 5,1191414 gold badges4747 silver badges7070 bronze badges 5

• 1 why did u exclude to wrap the text in several <p /> elements? – Kralizek Commented Jun 12, 2012 at 12:03
• "there is no cross browser friendly way of setting the height of br" That's because <br> doesn't have any height. It's just a command to create a new line. – Cthulhu Commented Jun 12, 2012 at 12:05
• Use padding, margins or line height. – SVS Commented Jun 12, 2012 at 12:05
• 1 are the Line1, Line 2 etc connected? You might be better with a <ul> & <li> tag if there is a semantic link between the Lines – atmd Commented Jun 12, 2012 at 12:06
• most answers are correct, it depends on the context of the question – Stuart Commented Jun 12, 2012 at 12:07

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Use differents blocks :

<p>Line1</p> <p>Line2</p> Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jun 12, 2012 at 12:03 GuillaumeSGuillaumeS 1,67811 gold badge1515 silver badges1515 bronze badges Add a comment | 11

Normally, using <br /> is old way of breaking a line. You should use <p>, <div> or some block level elements and give them top or bottom margins.

p { margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:5px } Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jun 12, 2012 at 12:04 AshwinAshwin 12.4k2222 gold badges8484 silver badges119119 bronze badges Add a comment | 5

Using CSS you can control the line-height property of any element.

someElement { line-height:12px; }

Now you may simply set this for an element, or use it on the entire HTML to provide uniformity across the document. This is safe, cross-browser compatible and easy to use.

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Jun 12, 2012 at 12:11 thirtydot 228k4949 gold badges392392 silver badges353353 bronze badges answered Jun 12, 2012 at 12:01 DigitalisDigitalis 57022 silver badges1212 bronze badges 0 Add a comment | 3

You can use css line-height property along with <br/> tag to control spacing between lines.

<style> .small { line-height:100px; } </style> <p class="small"> This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br /> This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br /> This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br /> This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br /> </p> Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jun 12, 2012 at 12:06 Ravi JainRavi Jain 1,48222 gold badges1717 silver badges4141 bronze badges Add a comment | 2

1. I add a <div>, best way for me, with CSS margin. Or,
2. The <p> tag.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Dec 18, 2014 at 21:24 Syed PriomSyed Priom 1,99711 gold badge2121 silver badges2222 bronze badges Add a comment | 1

Use padding & / or margin css attributes.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jun 12, 2012 at 12:02 yogiyogi 19.5k1313 gold badges6464 silver badges9393 bronze badges Add a comment | 0

You can add a <div> like this

<div style="height: [put your height here]; display: block;"></div>

Seems to work for me, as shown here:

<span>This is the previous line!</span> <div style="height: 50px; display: block;"></div> <span>This will be 50 pixels below the previous line.</span>

You can even use a span! <span>This is the previous line!</span> <span style="height: 50px; display: block;"></span> <span>This will be 50 pixels below the previous line.</span>

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