# \break

Forces a line break.

https://texform.dev/latex/commands/break

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Layout and breaks](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/layout) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Tags | spacing |
| Commonality | low |
| Kind | prefix |

## Syntax

### base

Argument specification: ``

Forces a line break.

## Examples

```latex
\break
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Cbreak)

## Renderer support

| Package | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| base | full | none | full |

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 243 of 263 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

### [base/break-to-linebreak](https://texform.dev/rules/base/break-to-linebreak)

Collapse break to the explicit linebreak command.

Level: authoring. Fidelity: reading.

```latex
\break
```

→

```latex
\\
```

```latex
a_n = a_{n-1} + d \break a_{n+1} = a_n + d
```

→

```latex
a_n = a_{n-1} + d \\ a_{n+1} = a_n + d
```

## Equivalent forms

```latex
\\
```

approximate. Standard LaTeX command for starting a new line.

## Test cases

### base

| Input | Case | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| \break | Positive: baseline | Pass | Fail | Pass |