Creating a <br /> with javascript createElement?

Question

I need to create a <br /> tag dynamically with javascript.

var br = document.createElement('br'); 

And

var br = document.createElement('<br />'); 

doesn't work

The first option urrently creates a <br> tag on the page which doesn't pass XHTML standards, is there anyway around this?

Answer 1

The first method does not need to pass XHTML standards - you're confusing markup with manipulating the DOM.

Answer 2

A Simple Script of HTML and JavaScript to add br tag dynamically in the page.

 <SCRIPT language="javascript">     function add() {       //Create an input type dynamically.         var br = document.createElement("br");         var foo = document.getElementById("fooBar");         foo.appendChild(br);     }      </SCRIPT>      <INPUT type="button" value="Add" onclick="add()"/>     <span id="fooBar">&nbsp;</span>      This text will go down every time you click on add button