Node type: Element (may contain text and/or other elements)
Whitespace: Not protected
Marks the location of a paragraph break.
{empty}
<figure figType="chalkboard">
<title paraID="12">Chalkboard<nb/>1</title>
<imageText>
<para paraID="13"><strong>Physical and Emotional Development</strong></para>
<para paraID="14">From Dependence</para>
<para paraID="15">To Independence</para>
<para paraID="16">The child’s steady progress towards maturity where he can think and act for himself</para>
<para paraID="17">Contrasted with <hr/><strong>Spiritual Development</strong></para>
<para paraID="18">From Independence</para>
<para paraID="19">To Dependence</para>
<para paraID="20">People must become as children, …
</imageText>
</figure>
Also called a “hard return.”
This element is empty in valid ldsXML documents. When an ldsXML document is transformed for print production in InDesign, a Unicode paragraph separator character is inserted into this element. Upon export from InDesign, all paragraph separator characters in the document are deleted, and hr elements are left empty.
Use when you need a paragraph break inside a paragraph (or other para-type element). Usage should probably be limited to para elements inside imageText.
See Whitespace handling standards in InDesign for more information.
Enter the XML form (<hr/>) directly using the xmlChar character style.