tiptap/docs/api/nodes/hard-break.md

# HardBreak
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The HardBreak extensions adds support for the `<br>` HTML tag, which forces a line break.

## Installation
```bash
# with npm
npm install @tiptap/extension-hard-break

# with Yarn
yarn add @tiptap/extension-hard-break
```

## Settings
| Option         | Type      | Default | Description                                                                                    |
| -------------- | --------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| HTMLAttributes | `Object`  | `{}`    | Custom HTML attributes that should be added to the rendered HTML tag.                          |
| keepMarks      | `Boolean` | `true`  | Decides whether to keep marks after a line break. Based on the `keepOnSplit` option for marks. |

## Commands

### setHardBreak()
Add a line break.

```js
editor.commands.setHeardBreak()
```

## Keyboard shortcuts
| Command      | Windows/Linux                                  | macOS                                      |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| setHardBreak | `Shift`&nbsp;`Enter`<br>`Control`&nbsp;`Enter` | `Shift`&nbsp;`Enter`<br>`Cmd`&nbsp;`Enter` |

## Source code
[packages/extension-hard-break/](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/main/packages/extension-hard-break/)

## Usage
<tiptap-demo name="Nodes/HardBreak"></tiptap-demo>