# Separator

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Create a break between ideas or sections with a horizontal separator.

- **Name:** `core/separator`
- **Category:** [design](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-design/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Static](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (saved in post content)
- **Keywords:** `horizontal-line`, `hr`, `divider`

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `opacity` | `string` | `"alpha-channel"` | — |
| `tagName` | `string` | `"hr"` | [Enum](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#enum-validation): `hr`, `div` |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `"center"`, `"wide"`, `"full"`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`enableContrastChecker`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-enablecontrastchecker): `false`
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
  - [`background`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-background): `true`
  - [`text`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-text): `false`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `margin`: `["top","bottom"]`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`

## Block Styles

_Defined via the [`styles`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-styles/) property in block.json._

| Style Name | Label | Default |
|------------|-------|---------|
| `default` | Default | Yes |
| `wide` | Wide Line | No |
| `dots` | Dots | No |

## Block Markup

This is a [**static block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). The markup is saved directly in the post content.

```html
<!-- wp:separator -->
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/>
<!-- /wp:separator -->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/separator/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/separator/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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