Oxygen XML Forum

Hi,
Could you please advise on how to insert a line break without spacing in oxygen xml, ie like the Shift+Enter shortcut in msword.
Note the only way I have found to insert a carriage return is to insert a new paragraph, which obviously generates the inter-paragraph spacing set in the css...
Thanks in advance!
Olivier

Hi Olivier,
There is no "soft line break" element in the DITA XML standard which would be the equivalent of <br>.
There is a special processing instruction "<?linebreak?>" which should be already handled by the publishing stylesheets.
For example in a DITA topic in the middle of a paragraph if working in the Author mode you press ENTER, select "processing-instruction" and then insert linebreak inside the processing instruction. Then publish and see how that looks like.
Regards,
Radu

Thanks Radu,
I guess I should have specified that I was trying to enter table heading content on multiple lines whilst avoiding the spacing which <p> elements naturally generate between them.
I found a solution using a <div> element: instead of Works fine for table headers.

Note: Your solution returns the following error in a usual paragraph:
The processing instruction must begin with the name of the target

Hi,
Right, using the <div> element to break the line is not semantically correct but it works
About this remark:

Note: Your solution returns the following error in a usual paragraph:
The processing instruction must begin with the name of the target

You probably did something wrong when inserting it.
I'm attaching an animated gif. Regards,
Radu