--- title: How to Change Line Breaks from BR to P Tags When Creating Content in Sitefinity description: By default, when you are entering content into Sitefinity and you hit the 'enter' key, Sitefinity will add br tags. This is less than ideal. What you really want is p tags. image: https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-hero-plain-startup-photos-blue.jpg --- - [About](https://www.inalign.com/about-us) - [Code](https://www.inalign.com/custom-development) - [Sitefinity](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity-development) - [Blog](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity) - [Contact Us](https://www.inalign.com/contact-us/) # How to Change Line Breaks from BR to P Tags When Creating Content in Sitefinity by [Gregg Crystal](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/author/gregg-crystal) Feb 05, 2015 By default, when you are entering content into Sitefinity and you hit the 'enter' key, Sitefinity will add br tags. This is less than ideal. What you really want is p tags. For example, by default, each time you hit 'enter' a br tag is added, and your content looks like so: ![Content-Block-Line-Break-Default](https://www.inalign.com/hs-fs/file-2446701913-png/BlogSitefinity/Content-Block-Line-Break-Default.png) Here's how it looks with the default turned off, and a P tag used for line breaks. ![Content-Block-Line-Break-Default-Off](https://www.inalign.com/hs-fs/file-2446701908-png/BlogSitefinity/Content-Block-Line-Break-Default-Off.png) It's also worth noting that if you are using P tags but you want a BR tag within a P tag, just hold the Shift when you hit Enter. Sitefinity is super configurable, and they have an option for this, you just have to go change it. ![Sitefinity-Administration-Settings](https://www.inalign.com/hs-fs/file-2453902922-png/BlogSitefinity/Sitefinity-Administration-Settings.png "Sitefinity-Administration-Settings") ![Sitefinity-Settings-Appearance](https://www.inalign.com/hs-fs/file-2452054665-png/BlogSitefinity/Sitefinity-Settings-Appearance.png "Sitefinity-Settings-Appearance")   ![Sitefinity-Appearance-RadEditor-NewLine](https://www.inalign.com/hs-fs/file-2448797846-png/BlogSitefinity/Sitefinity-Appearance-RadEditor-NewLine.png) If you were curious, using P tags is also the default in the HubSpot blogging tool. ### Related Posts [![10 Sitefinity Features Marketers Can Easily Use with Any Website](https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/Inalign_March2018/Layout/sitefinity-background-supercharge-4.jpg)](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/10-sitefinity-features-marketers-can-easily-use-with-any-website) [10 Sitefinity Features Marketers Can Easily Use with Any Website](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/10-sitefinity-features-marketers-can-easily-use-with-any-website) [![What PHP Developers Need to Know When Working With Sitefinity](https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-hero-plain-sf-people-at-computers-blue.jpg)](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/what-php-developers-need-to-know-when-working-with-sitefinity) [What PHP Developers Need to Know When Working With Sitefinity](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/what-php-developers-need-to-know-when-working-with-sitefinity) [![Running Sitefinity Locally Within IIS on Windows 10](https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-hero-plain-charts-blue.jpg)](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/running-sitefinity-locally-within-iis) [Running Sitefinity Locally Within IIS on Windows 10](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/running-sitefinity-locally-within-iis) [![Speeding Up Sitefinity Development: Inline Editing](https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-hero-development-blue.jpg)](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/speeding-up-sitefinity-development-inline-editing) [Speeding Up Sitefinity Development: Inline Editing](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/speeding-up-sitefinity-development-inline-editing) [![Solution to the Sitefinity Error: The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference.](https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-hero-crash-org.jpg)](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/sitefinity-error-assembly-manifest-does-not-match) [Solution to the Sitefinity Error: The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference.](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/sitefinity-error-assembly-manifest-does-not-match) [![How to Customize Module Builder Widget Templates with Conditional Statements](https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-hero-plain-charts-orange.jpg)](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/how-to-customize-module-builder-widget-templates-with-conditional-statements) [How to Customize Module Builder Widget Templates with Conditional Statements](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/how-to-customize-module-builder-widget-templates-with-conditional-statements) [More](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/topic/sitefinity) --- ### Subscribe to Our Blog --- ### Topics - [Recent](https://www.inalign.com/) - [Inbound Marketing](https://www.inalign.com/topic/inbound-marketing) - [Technology](https://www.inalign.com/topic/tech-marketing) - [Manufacturing](https://www.inalign.com/topic/industrial-manufacturing) - [Energy](https://www.inalign.com/topic/retail-energy) - [Sitefinity](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity) --- [![5 Conversion Killers Every Marketer Should Avoid](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/413787/80197558-1902-4342-bb36-b0d3da7222ec.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/413787/80197558-1902-4342-bb36-b0d3da7222ec) ## This Post Was Written by Gregg Crystal CEO and Founder of Inalign, Inc. 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