Create two blank lines in Markdown
MarkdownMarkdown Problem Overview
I am adding Markdown support to my CMS editor.
When writing Markdown content, how do I create two empty lines?
I have been trying, but I always get only one line.
Markdown Solutions
Solution 1 - Markdown
If your Markdown compiler supports HTML, you can add <br/><br/> in the Markdown source.
Solution 2 - Markdown
I test on a lot of Markdown implementations. The non-breaking space ASCII character (followed by a blank line) would give a blank line. Repeating this pair would do the job. So far I haven't failed any.
For example:
Hello
world!
Solution 3 - Markdown
I only know the options below. It would be great to take a list of all of them and comment them differences
# RAW
## Creates 2 Lines that CAN be selected as text
## -------------------------------------------------
### The non-breaking space ASCII character
### HTML <(br)/> tag
<br />
<br />
## Creates 2 Lines that CANNOT be selected as text
## -------------------------------------------------
### HTML Entity 





### Backticks with a space inside followed by two spaces
`(space)`(space)(space)
`(space)`(space)(space)
#### sample:
` `
` `
# End
Solution 4 - Markdown
In Markdown flavours that support equation output, the following should work on a line by itself, with empty lines before and after (repeat for more lines):
> $~$
It is basically an equation containing nothing but a single equation-white-space. The benefit is that in Markdown flavours that include both PDF and HTML output options (including Rmarkdown), it should be understood in the same way for both output types, whereas I'm not sure how PDF output would interpret <br> or
Solution 5 - Markdown
Basically, if the library you are using is CommonMark-compliant, you can add multiple hard line breaks (<br />) easily. Here's a quotation from CommonMark's latest specifications (0.28):
> A line break (not in a code span or HTML tag) that is preceded by two or more spaces and does not occur at the end of a block is parsed as a hard line break (rendered in HTML as a
tag)
and then...
> For a more visible alternative, a backslash before the line ending may be used instead of two spaces
The specification is quite clear. However, the library I have been using MarkDig, doesn't quite work with the two spaces technique (must be a bug), but it works flawlessly with a backlash.
That said, this input...
Line one\
\
\
\
Line two
will produce four hard line breaks after "Line one". You can see it here (using backlash)...
https://babelmark.github.io/?text=Line+one%5C%0A%5C%0A%5C%0A%5C%0ALine+two%0A
Notice how all CommonMark-compliant implementations will get it right.
Solution 6 - Markdown
Backtick quotes with a space inside and two spaces to follow. Repeat as needed for more lines:
text1 text1
`(space)`(space)(space)
`(space)`(space)(space)
text2 text2
It looks decent in Markdown source:
text1 text1
` `
` `
text2 text2
Solution 7 - Markdown
You can do it perfectly using this:
texttextexttexttext
texttexttexttexttext
Solution 8 - Markdown
In GitHub Wiki markdown I used hash marks (#) followed by two spaces to make the line break larger. It doesn't actually give you multiple line breaks but it made one large line break and served me well for my needs.
Instead of:
text
(space)(space)
more text
I did:
text
(hash mark)(space)(space)
more text
Solution 9 - Markdown
You can use <br/><br/> or or \ \.
Solution 10 - Markdown
For an empty line in Markdown, escape a space (\ ), and then add a new line.
Example:
"\
"
Remember: escape a space and escape a new line. That way is Markdown compliant and should compile properly in any compiler. You may have to select the example text to see how it is set up.
Solution 11 - Markdown
You can use the sequence of a no-break space (U+00a0) followed by two spaces (U+0020×2) followed by a newline (U+000a) repeatedly to achieve this. Two or more times is required depending on your use case.
Using (not markdown interpreted here, but) actual white space characters (theoretically copy-and-paste-able):
Preceding Following.
Solution 12 - Markdown
If you are using a library like markdown-it or PythonMarkdown this can also be solved by replacing two line breaks (in Regex /\n\n$/gm) with a line break and an invisible character (\n ) before rendering. Note that the character after \n is an Alt+0160 or an invisible character.
For example, using markdown-it (although it work for any other lib too) with the input:
1
2
3
4
5
Rendered with md.render(string.data.replace(/\n\n$/gm, "\n ")) you will get:
Solution 13 - Markdown
I tried everything but this worked for me while using Pandoc markdown with TexLive as LaTex engine. In order to add blank lines, you can try adding a blank line but remove ""
## \newline
Just repeat the above, each will add a new blank line
Solution 14 - Markdown
I don't know if it works with other editors, but in VSCode a simple # followed immediately by a newline does the trick for my purposes and can be repeated infinitely. (Unlike the backtick quotes which have zero output there)
It is in fact an empty title line, though - so any document outline or auto-formatting might look funky.
Solution 15 - Markdown
This HTML entity which means "non-breaking space" will help you for each line break
Solution 16 - Markdown
Try adding multiple spaces (two spaces = one <br>):
mycode(space)(space)(space)(space)