How to Insert a Line Break in Markdown
I'm Trying to Create a Markdown File with Some Paragraphs Containing Both a Link and a Line of Text on the Next Line. the Problem I've Encountered Is That When...
I'm trying to create a Markdown file with some paragraphs containing both a link and a line of text on the next line. The problem I've encountered is that when I make a new line after the link, it is rendered with a separate <p> tag.
My Markdown is the following:
[Name of link](url)
My line of text
Which is rendered to the following HTML:
<p>
<a href="url">Name of link</a>
</p>
<p>My line of text</p>
Instead I want it to render like so:
<p>
<a href="url">Name of link</a><br> // not necessarily with a <br> tag but on a separate line
My line of text
</p>
I've also tried using a single line break in the Markdown:
[Name of link](url)
My line of text
But then both the link and the text is rendered on the same line, but without a line break.
Any suggestions on how to solve this?
5 Answers
Try adding 2 spaces (or a backslash \) after the first line:
[Name of link](url)
My line of text\
Visually:
[Name of link](url)<space><space>
My line of text\
Output:
<p><a href="url">Name of link</a><br>
My line of text<br></p>
Alternatively you can place a <br> directly into the text. It is valid in Markdown.
I know this post is about adding a single line break but I thought I would mention that you can create multiple line breaks with the backslash (\) character:
Hello
\
\
\
World!
This would result in 3 new lines after "Hello". To clarify, that would mean 2 empty lines between "Hello" and "World!". It would display like this:
Hello
World!
Personally I find this cleaner for a large number of line breaks compared to using <br>.
Note that backslashes are not recommended for compatibility reasons. So this may not be supported by your Markdown parser but it's handy when it is.
After a long search, I found this solution:
\
\
This will produce:
<br> <br>
Combining answers from multiple sources, there are mainly 3 ways to add a line break in Markdown:
1. Backslash (\)
Add a backslash at the end of a line like this:
| Markdown Input | HTML Output | HTML Preview |
|---|---|---|
Test line\ |
|
Test line Test line 2 |
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