Title: Instable <br/> !
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Instable <br/> !

 *  [amlie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amlie/)
 * (@amlie)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/)
 * hello !
 * Sometimes i’m using “<br/>” in my posts or pages (so that they look prettier !).
 * But when i go back to make some changes, the “<br/>” are gone and i have to put
   them again. It’s a pain in the …
 * I just put “<br/>” where i want more space.
    Am i writing it wrong ?
 * thank you !!!
 * amélie

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 *  [Sivar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sivar/)
 * (@sivar)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/#post-590850)
 * No, you don’t. The editor just has a soul of its own and corrects what it regards
   to be mistakes. I’m afraid i can’t offer a solution, but I’m sure someone else
   can. Just wanted to tell you, that you’re not doing anything wrong ;).
 *  Thread Starter [amlie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amlie/)
 * (@amlie)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/#post-590852)
 * thank you Sivar ! If someone knows the trick…
 *  [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
 * (@manstraw)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/#post-590864)
 * instead of using br’s, do it the more modern way, and add a margin to the paragraph
   tag (or whatever tag is appropriate).
 * something like:
    `<p style="margin-top: 2em;">Whatever paragraph text.</p>`
 * Even better would be to put a proper rule in your css file, and add a class to
   the tags you wish to have the extra space.
 * something like:
    `<p class="prettier">Whatever paragraph text.</p>`
 * and in your css file:
 * `p.prettier { margin-top: 2em; }`
 * Well, I hope you get the idea. If you can do it through CSS, you can easily change
   it, and everything will automatically be the new way, rather than going back 
   and changing each one manually. Ken what I mean Jock? 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [amlie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amlie/)
 * (@amlie)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/#post-591206)
 * thanks for the tip.
    i’m not so performant with code, CSS etc but i’ll try to
   do something with it !
 *  [Bhooshan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhooshan/)
 * (@bhooshan)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/#post-591224)
 * Amazing tip Manstraw. Thanks for the same 🙂
 *  [athique](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athique/)
 * (@athique)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/#post-591228)
 * It should be `<br />`. There’s a space in there.
 * Don’t know if it will solve your problem but that’s the correct way to write 
   it in XHTML

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