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pre element | pre object

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Renders text in a fixed-width font.

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5
HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 9.3.4

HTML information

Closing Tag	required
CSS Display	block

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

Element

HTMLElement

pre

Remarks

Text within the PRE element is formatted. Spaces and carriage returns are preserved.

Examples

This example uses the PRE element to format text so that it renders exactly as it is typed.

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<PRE>
This text is formatted
   exactly
      as
         it
      is
   typed.
</PRE>

I've tried the obvious--
<pre wrap=soft style=width:10em;OVERFLOW-X:hidden>...this should wrap...</pre>
--and, variants, and, turning off OVERFLOW-X in case that was troubling,...

(Purpose: replace TEXTAREA with [PRE] to speed-up 1.3MB-unicode-Paste and RegExp-editing ... where TEXTAREA takes 1:00 minute but [PRE] only 0:05 -'wow' that's fast-!)

History

6/19/2008
Mr. Raymond Kenneth Petry