Help:Line break
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For stylistic consistency with other QED pages, it is generally preferable to use "wiki markup" (also called "wikitext") rather than HTML when entering text. However there are times when a simple line break is required. In such cases, it may be best to use <br> (or equivalently <br/>) but there are other alternatives, as described below.
If <br> does not force the kind of break you were expecting (e.g. after a table), use {{clr}} (i.e., insert {{clr}} at the desired break point).
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Line breaks using wiki markup
Two consecutive carriage returns in wikitext are equivalent to a paragraph break (<p>).
One or more of the special formatting characters (: * # =) appearing at the beginning of a line will also force one or more line breaks, e.g.
a :b
produces
a
- b
Using <pre>
For preformatted text, you may wish to use the HTML <pre> tag. This tag can be used in conjunction with QED templates as illustrated below:
<pre> a b </pre>
produces:
a b
Similarly, using the {{code}} template in conjunction with the CSS class "clear":
{{code|<pre class=clear>
a
b
</pre>
}}
produces:
a b
Line breaks within cells of a table
The techniques mentioned above may be used within a cell of a table as illustrated in the following table:
| a<br>b | a b |
| a :b | a
|
| <pre>a
b</pre> | a b |
