Inserting Horizontal Rules

Contributor lets you insert a rules (horizontal line) into content files as a design element.

You can always change the look of the rule by modifying the hr style. If you want to have different rules for your topics, you can open add new style classes for each different horizontal line. For example, if you want a short rule, you can create a new style class and name it "short." The full name for you new style would be hr.short. You can then adjust the style property settings for hr.short to meet your needs.

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How to Insert a Horizontal Rule

  1. Open the document or topic.
  2. In the XML Editor, place your cursor where you want to insert the rule.

  3. Select Insert > Rule.

  4. In the Insert Rule dialog, select hr.
  5. Click Save the active file. to save your work.

Note This feature is not supported for MadCap Lingo review package (LIREV) files.

Note The hr tag may render differently from browser to browser. For a more consistent look across all browsers, it is a good idea to set both the color and the background-color properties of the hr selector in your stylesheet.

What’s Next?

You might want to change the look of the rule by modifying its style. See Editing Horizontal Rules.