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Comments, hr And Linebreaks

In this section, you will learn some html tips that you could use to improve your content. They are comments, linebreaks and the hr element.

Comments​

When writing code, you may wish to document a small piece of information or to take a note. You do that with comments. In Html, you can use comments. It is denoted with a tag and some dashes. <!----> Example,

index.html

<h1>This is a webpage</h1>
<!--Adding a comment-->
<span>This is a span element</span>

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Linebreaks​

A linebreak is used to denote a new line when writing code. Previously, you added some comments signifying linebreaks. Now, add a linebreak. Example,

index.html

<span>This is a webpage</span>
<!--Adding a linebreak-->
<br/>
<span>This is not a comment</span>

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The hr element​

The hr element serves as a self-closing tag to insert a horizontal rule or line between sections of content within a webpage. Example,

index.html

<h1>This is in a webpage</h1>
<hr>
<h1>This is also in a webpage</h1>

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The hr element will separate both h1 elements using a horizontal line.