HTML Entities
Reserved characters in HTML must be replaced with character entities.
HTML Entities
Some characters are reserved in HTML.
If you use the less than (<) or greater than (>) signs in your text, the browser might mix them with tags.
Character entities are used to display reserved characters in HTML.
A character entity looks like this:
&#entity_number;
To display a less than sign (<) we must write: < or <
Advantage of using an entity name: An entity name is easy to remember.
Disadvantage of using an entity name: Browsers may not support all entity names, but the support for entity numbers is good.
Non-breaking Space
A commonly used entity in HTML is the non-breaking space:
A non-breaking space is a space that will not break into a new line.
Two words separated by a non-breaking space will stick together (not break into a new line). This is handy when breaking the words might be disruptive.
- § 10
- 10 km/h
- 10 PM
Another common use of the non-breaking space is to prevent browsers from truncating spaces in HTML pages.
If you write 10 spaces in your text, the browser will remove 9 of them. To add real spaces to your text, you can use the character entity.
Tip: The non-breaking hyphen (‑) is used to define a hyphen character (‑) that does not break into a new line.
Some Useful HTML Character Entities
| Result | Description | Entity Name | Entity Number | Try it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-breaking space | |   | Try it » | |
| < | less than | < | < | Try it » |
| > | greater than | > | > | Try it » |
| & | ampersand | & | & | Try it » |
| " | double quotation mark | " | " | Try it » |
| ' | single quotation mark (apostrophe) | ' | ' | Try it » |
| ¢ | cent | ¢ | ¢ | Try it » |
| £ | pound | £ | £ | Try it » |
| ¥ | yen | ¥ | ¥ | Try it » |
| € | euro | € | € | Try it » |
| © | copyright | © | © | Try it » |
| ® | registered trademark | ® | ® | Try it » |
Note: Entity names are case sensitive.
Combining Diacritical Marks
A diacritical mark is a "glyph" added to a letter.
Some diacritical marks, like grave ( ̀) and acute ( ́) are called accents.
Diacritical marks can appear both above and below a letter, inside a letter, and between two letters.
Diacritical marks can be used in combination with alphanumeric characters to produce a character that is not present in the character set (encoding) used in the page.
How to insert enter within the text of html code?
I am writing up a resume, and the enter, space, and other characters do not show up. It’s a poorly coded website. Is there a way to include enter key without accessing the source of the html code, or including html elements? If I insert < br > element, it shows up as & lt; br > ; 

2 Answers 2
Chava G’s suggestion might work, but it really shouldn’t (it would indicate a serious XSS vulnerability).
You can try something similar though, with an no-break-space unicode character. This is exactly the same thing that he is suggesting with except I am suggesting you use the actual character itself.
I think you can just copy it from the wiki page, right between the quotes where it says non-breaking space (» «). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-breaking_space
This route is a bit iffy as well though, sometimes unicode explodes. You may be better of just accepting the limitations.
HTML ignores extra white-space. Use <br /> in place of Enter, and for the space character.
You can also use the <pre> tag. Any text inside this tag will show up as formatted, including spaces and the enter key.
However, since you are using a third-party website here, Wedstrom is right that the above shouldn’t work. There is no way for you to change or add HTML code on another party’s site, and there shouldn’t be. Try to find a way to write up your resume using the functionality that is readily provided for you (or use your own text editor. ).
Enter key symbol in HTML?
Is there a special character(s) or ASCII codes that can be used to produce
the ENTER key symbol in HTML (Left arrow with the bent line)?
Trying to avoid using a graphic to show this symbol.
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Philip Ronan
- Dec 14, 2004
- #2
Is there a special character(s) or ASCII codes that can be used to produce
the ENTER key symbol in HTML (Left arrow with the bent line)?
Trying to avoid using a graphic to show this symbol.
Short answer: ↵
There are only 128 ASCII codes. I presume you meant "Unicode".
The official Unicode symbols are ⏎ ("RETURN SYMBOL") and ␍
("SYMBOL FOR CARRIAGE RETURN"), but neither are particularly well supported.
Another alternative is ↩ ("LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK").
But if it was down to me I’d use a graphic with " [Enter] " as the alt text,
then everyone’s catered for.
Leif K-Brooks
- Dec 14, 2004
- #3
Noozer
- Dec 14, 2004
- #4
Unfortunately, in IE, I just get a square block character. My default font
is Comic-Sans.
I’ll just use "ENTER" for the time being.
Mark Parnell
- Dec 14, 2004
- #5
Jukka K. Korpela
- Dec 14, 2004
- #6
Mine doesn’t say anything. I’m afraid I have a dumb terminal.
I often write "Enter or Return key" simply because different people
know it under different names. If you write for technically educated
people, it probably doesn’t matter which word you use.
Since different keyboards have different shapes and engravings for the
key(s), using an image is a bit questionable, and the special
characters wouldn’t help much either.
<br>: элемент «Разрыв строки»
Элемент <br> HTML создает разрыв строки в тексте (возврат каретки). Это полезно для написания стихотворения или обращения, где разделение строк имеет большое значение.
Try it
Как видно из приведенного выше примера, элемент <br> включен в каждую точку, где мы хотим, чтобы текст разрывался. Текст после <br> снова начинается в начале следующей строки текстового блока.
Примечание. Не используйте <br> для создания полей между абзацами; оберните их в элементы <p> и используйте свойство CSS margin для управления их размером.
Attributes
Атрибуты этого элемента включают глобальные атрибуты .
Deprecated attributes
Указывает,с чего начинать следующую строку после перерыва.
Стиль с CSS
Элемент <br> имеет единственную, четко определенную цель — создать разрыв строки в текстовом блоке. Таким образом, у него нет собственных размеров или визуального вывода, и вы мало что можете сделать для его стилизации.
Вы можете установить margin для самих элементов <br> , чтобы увеличить интервал между строками текста в блоке, но это плохая практика — вам следует использовать свойство line-height , предназначенное для этой цели.
Examples
Simple br
В следующем примере мы используем элементы <br> для создания разрывов строк между разными строками почтового адреса:
Результат выглядит так:
Accessibility concerns
Создание отдельных абзацев текста с помощью <br> — это не только плохая практика, но и проблема для людей, которые ориентируются с помощью технологии чтения с экрана. Программы чтения с экрана могут сообщать о наличии элемента, но не о любом содержимом, содержащемся в <br> s. Это может сбивать с толку человека, использующего программу чтения с экрана.
Используйте элементы <p> и используйте свойства CSS, такие как margin для управления их интервалом.