[whatwg] [br] element should not be a line break

• From: Christoph Päper <christoph.paeper@crissov.de>
• Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 19:24:15 +0200
• Message-ID: <1E2FACFB-9538-4AD3-9974-64D3E6F9DDA6@crissov.de>

Jeremy Keith:
> 
> The <hr> element is currently defined as "a paragraph-level thematic break." I think <br> could be defined as "a text-level thematic break."

That makes perfect sense. The only problem I see is existing content which relies on consecutive ?br?s producing multiple line breaks, i.e. often a paragraph-like appearance. (Although ?br?s were always intended to be collapsed, browsers never did this.)

Received on Thursday, 5 August 2010 10:24:15 UTC