Horizontal Rules

Horizontal rules are one of the few graphic elements you can create with HTML. Use them to separate information within an individual post or just to jazz things up a bit. Additionally, there are a few different attributes you can use to change the way your rules look.

To create a rule, you type <hr> where you want it to go. The default horizontal rule is usually thin and has shading, but you can change the thickness (height), width, shading, and color of a rule. However, not all browsers will recognize every rule attribute.

These are all the rule tags you will need to know:

• <hr>— This is the tag you use to create the rule.

• <hr size="100pixels">— You can adjust the width of your rule as a fixed size in pixels, or

• <hr size="80%">— You can adjust the width of your rule using the more flexible percentage (of the browser window size) measurement.

• <hr height="4pixels>— You can change the height or thickness of your rule, too. The usual thickness of a rule is two pixels.

• <hr noshade>— Add noshade, and you’ll just have a flat, graphic rule without the shadow.

• <HR color="blue">— This is how you add color to a rule.