# Horizontal rule

The Horizontal Rule widget acts as a visual divider between contents. Add a **Horizontal Rule** section by selecting **+ Add widget** or entering a backslash in a paragraph field to open the [widget insertion menu](../embed-widgets/index.md#from-a-document) at the specified location.

![Notepad Horizontal Rule widget](../../../assets/0d4d3e3cdae8b74c19ef225d6c3b10be34c2cd85f23fa866e6f57aed605ff1e8.webp)