Name
pre — HTML 4.01 | HTML5
Synopsis
<pre> . . . </pre>
Delimits “preformatted” text, meaning that lines are displayed
exactly as they are typed in, honoring whitespace such as multiple
character spaces and line breaks. By default, text within a pre
element is displayed in a monospace font
such as Courier. The example below would be rendered about the same in
the browser as it appears in this book.
Start/End Tags
Required/Required
Attributes
Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes
width="
number
"
Deprecated. Not in HTML5. This optional attribute determines how many characters to fit on a single line within the
pre
block.xml:space="preserve"
XHTML only. Instructs XML processors to preserve the whitespace in the element.
Example
<pre> This is an example of text with a lot of curious whitespace. </pre>
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