Apply a class to a br tag?

Question

Is the following valid HTML?

As an HTML element I can\'t see why it wouldn\'t be, but I don\'t think I\'ve eve

Answer 1

Sure, it's valid. A useful example would be if you wanted to visually add a little space after a line-break, without ending the paragraph. Or perhaps apply a background image. All sorts of styling options.

Answer 2

a br tag doesn't produce a CSS box and hence little can be done with it.

Only practical case is clear. i believe drupal used it at some time. interestingly CSS 1 spec. refrained from doing anything to br. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1/#br-elements. no doubt applying some css on it doesn't invalidate the code but will cause little effect.

this https://stackoverflow.com/a/899359/1043824 is a good discussion on the topic.

Answer 3

Yes, you can add a class attribute to a <br> element. id as well if you want.

Answer 4

Yes.

See the specification.

The class attribute applies to "HTML Elements" (which includes br elements).