One Enter joins the lines
This line and
this line are one paragraph.This line and this line are one paragraph.
Markdown treats a single line break as a space, so you can wrap long lines in the source.
Markdown line breaks. Why Enter isn’t enough.
In Markdown, pressing Enter once does not start a new line: the two lines join into one paragraph. Leave a blank line to start a new paragraph, or end a line with a backslash \ to break it without a gap.
On the left, what you type. On the right, what you get. Every result here was rendered by HushJot itself.
New paragraphs and new lines
A blank line starts a paragraph
First paragraph.
Second paragraph.First paragraph.
Second paragraph.
This is the usual way: most writing is paragraphs.
A backslash breaks the line
123 Main Street\
Springfield\
USA123 Main Street
Springfield
USA
For addresses, poems and lyrics: new lines without the gap between paragraphs.
Two spaces break it too
Roses are red,
violets are blue.Roses are red,
violets are blue.
Two spaces at the end of a line work the same way, but you can’t see them, and editors often strip them. The backslash is safer.
Questions
Line breaks and paragraphs, answered.
- How do I add a line break in Markdown?
- End the line with a backslash
\, or with two spaces, and press Enter. For a new paragraph, leave a blank line. - Why does Markdown ignore my line breaks?
- By design: a single line break inside a paragraph counts as a space, so text can be wrapped in the source without changing the result.
- Can I use
<br>? - In apps that allow HTML, such as GitHub, yes. HushJot shows HTML as text and never runs it, so use a backslash there.
- How do I add more space between paragraphs?
- Markdown has no way to add extra blank lines; several blank lines count as one. A horizontal rule (
---) is the usual way to mark a bigger break.
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