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==WTF?==
==WTF?==
Template:PBR is intended to give the outward appearance and effect of the BR tag with the exception that multiple uses of it will not cause multiple lines of whitespace. You use it everywhere you want a linebreak but don't want to have extra whitespace associated with linebreaks piling up. Essentially PBR is a conditional BR, if a BR is needed it works as a BR, if it's not needed it has no effect. It's the bees knees.
[[:Template:PBR]] is intended to give the outward appearance and effect of the BR tag with the exception that multiple uses of it will not cause multiple lines of whitespace. You use it everywhere you want a linebreak but don't want to have extra whitespace associated with linebreaks piling up. Essentially PBR is a conditional BR, if a BR is needed it works as a BR, if it's not needed it has no effect. It's the bees knees.


===How it works===
===How it works===
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===Problems===
===Problems===
Because of the unorthodox (ab)use of this mix of CSS, HTML and MediaWiki we end up with a situation where strange things happen that no web browser author has ever given much thought to. Specifically when copying the text the result is different depending upon which web browser you use. I'm currently thinking about including a hidden br to make FF happy.
Because of the unorthodox (ab)use of this mix of CSS, HTML and MediaWiki we end up with a situation where strange things happen that few web browser authors have given much thought to. Specifically when copying the text the result is different depending upon which web browser you use. The only browser to support this flawlessly at present are those based on Webkit (Google Chrome, Safari). Both IE 8.0 and Firefox 3.0 are buggy.


===Name===
===Name===
Q: Why PBR?
'''Q:''' Why PBR?<br/>
A: Pseudo-BReak
'''A:''' '''P'''seudo-'''BR'''eak


==Breaking Lines==
==Breaking Lines==
{|
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-valign="top"
|-valign="top"
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===BR Tag===
===BR Tag===
<hr>
<div>
<div>
test<br>
test<br>
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<hr>
<hr>
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===DIV===
===SPAN {{HoverText|D:B|display:block}}===
<div>
test<div></div>
test<div></div>
test<br>test<div></div>
test<div></div>
test<div></div>test<div></div>
test<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
test<div></div>
</div>
<hr>
<hr>
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===SPAN===
<div>
<div>
test<span style="display:block;"></span>
test<span style="display:block;"></span>
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===SPAN BR===
==={{HoverText|SPAN|display:block;}} + {{HoverText|BR|display:none;}}===
<hr>
<div>
<div>
test<span style="display:block;"></span><br style="display:none;">
test<span style="display:block;"></span><br style="display:none;">
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<hr>
<hr>
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===BR Tag + Style===
===PBR Template===
<div>
test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
test<br>test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
<br style="display:table;">
<br style="display:table;">
<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
</div>
<hr>
<hr>
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===PBR Template===
<div>
<div>
test{{PBR}}
test{{PBR}}
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===Goal===
===Goal===
<hr>
<div>
<div>
test<br>
test<br>
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<hr>
<hr>
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===DIV===
<hr>
<div>
test<div></div>
test<div></div>
test<br>test<div></div>
test<div></div>
test<div></div>test<div></div>
test<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
test<div></div>
</div>
<hr>
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===CENTER===
===CENTER===
<hr>
<div>
<div>
test<center></center>
test<center></center>
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<center></center>
<center></center>
test<center></center>
test<center></center>
</div>
<hr>
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===BR {{HoverText|D:T|display:table;}}===
<hr>
<div>
test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
test<br>test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">test<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
<br style="display:table;">
<br style="display:table;">
<br style="display:table;">
test<br style="display:table;">
</div>
<hr>
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===BR {{HoverText|D:B|display:block;}}===
<hr>
<div>
test<br style="display:block;">
test<br style="display:block;">
test<br>test<br style="display:block;">
test<br style="display:block;">
test<br style="display:block;">test<br style="display:block;">
test<br style="display:block;">
<br style="display:block;">
<br style="display:block;">
<br style="display:block;">
test<br style="display:block;">
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<hr>
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===Goal===
===Goal===
<hr>
<div>
<div>
test<br>
test<br>
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==Links of Interest==
==Links of Interest==
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html
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Latest revision as of 12:13, 3 February 2023

Edit-copy green.png This is a "Wikipedia logo" documentation "Wikipedia logo" subpage for Template:PBR.
It contains usage information, "Wikipedia logo" categories and other content or metadata that is not part of the original template.

WTF?

Template:PBR is intended to give the outward appearance and effect of the BR tag with the exception that multiple uses of it will not cause multiple lines of whitespace. You use it everywhere you want a linebreak but don't want to have extra whitespace associated with linebreaks piling up. Essentially PBR is a conditional BR, if a BR is needed it works as a BR, if it's not needed it has no effect. It's the bees knees.

How it works

The original version used an empty "div" tag but it had the side effect that you would have to fight the wiki engine to keep it from inserting "p" tags. The solution is to *not* fight the wiki engine and use a tag that it will let you include in "p" tags. The new version uses an empty "span" tag, which is "p" friendly but with inline style we convert the tag to "block" from "inline".

Problems

Because of the unorthodox (ab)use of this mix of CSS, HTML and MediaWiki we end up with a situation where strange things happen that few web browser authors have given much thought to. Specifically when copying the text the result is different depending upon which web browser you use. The only browser to support this flawlessly at present are those based on Webkit (Google Chrome, Safari). Both IE 8.0 and Firefox 3.0 are buggy.

Name

Q: Why PBR?
A: Pseudo-BReak

Breaking Lines

BR Tag

test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test



test

SPAN D:B

test test test
test test testtest test test

SPAN + BR

test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test



test

PBR Template

test test test
test test testtest test test

Goal

test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test

DIV

test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test

CENTER

test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test

BR D:T

test
test
test
test
test
test
test
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test

BR D:B

test
test
test
test
test
test
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test



test

Goal

test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test
test

Links of Interest

http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html

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