BR object (Object/HTML)

An object that represents the <BR> HTML tag.

Availability:

DOM level - 1
JavaScript - 1.5
JScript - 3.0
Internet Explorer - 4.0
Netscape - 6.0
Inherits from:Element object
JavaScript syntax:IEmyBR = myDocument.all.anElementID
IEmyBR = myDocument.all.tags("BR")[anIndex]
IEmyBR = myDocument.all[aName]
-myBR = myDocument.getElementById(anElementID)
-myBR = myDocument.getElementsByName(aName)[anIndex]
-myBR = myDocument.getElementsByTagName("BR")[anIndex]
HTML syntax:<BR>
Argument list:anIndexA valid index reference to an item in the collection
aNameThe name attribute of an element
anElementIDThe ID attribute of an element
Object properties:clear
Event handlers:onClick, onDblClick, onHelp, onKeyDown, onKeyPress, onKeyUp, onMouseDown, onMouseMove, onMouseOut, onMouseOver, onMouseUp

This object represents a line break in the text. There are very few appearance modifying properties you could apply to such an object.

The <BR> tag is a block-level tag. That means that it forces a line break before and after itself.

See also:Element object

PropertyJavaScriptJScriptNIEOperaNESECMADOMCSSHTMLNotes
clear1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a1 1 n/a n/a-

Event nameJavaScriptJScriptNIEOperaNESECMADOMCSSHTMLNotes
onClick1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onDblClick1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onHelp n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aWarning
onKeyDown1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onKeyPress1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onKeyUp1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseDown1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseMove1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseOut1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseOver1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseUp1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning

Inheritance chain:

Element object, Node object