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CSS white-space
The CSS white-space property is used to handle white space inside an element. For example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> p{white-space: pre;} </style> </head> <body> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit. Consequuntur veniam porro deserunt, magnam impedit sed hic atque? Autem officiis, odio, dignissimos excepturi possimus provident esse ullam explicabo labore ex neque.</p> </body> </html>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit. Consequuntur veniam porro deserunt, magnam impedit sed hic atque? Autem officiis, odio, dignissimos excepturi possimus provident esse ullam explicabo labore ex neque.
As you can see, using the pre, the output of content inside the p (paragraph) is displayed in pre-formatted (as it is) way.
CSS white-space Syntax
The syntax of white-space property in CSS, is:
white-space: x;
The value of x should be any of the following:
- normal - used to wrap the text when needed. This is the default value
- nowrap - used not to wrap the text. The text continues on same line without caring the length
- pre - used to produce pre-formatted or as it is text
- pre-line - similar to pre, but indented white spaces are removed
- pre-wrap - used to apply the mixture of pre and normal
- initial - used to use the default value
- inherit - used to use the value inherited by the parent element
CSS white-space Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> .a{white-space: normal;} .b{white-space: nowrap;} .c{white-space: pre;} .d{white-space: pre-line;} .e{white-space: pre-wrap;} </style> </head> <body> <h2>white-space: normal</h2> <p class="a">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.</p> <h2>white-space: nowrap</h2> <p class="b">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.</p> <h2>white-space: pre</h2> <p class="c">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.</p> <h2>white-space: pre-line</h2> <p class="d">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.</p> <h2>white-space: pre-wrap</h2> <p class="e">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit?</p> </body> </html>
white-space: normal
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.
white-space: nowrap
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.
white-space: pre
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.
white-space: pre-line
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde.
white-space: pre-wrap
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Soluta tempore ut sed illo recusandae velit est blanditiis repudiandae accusantium. In asperiores voluptas necessitatibus laborum nostrum voluptatibus quam? Suscipit, culpa. Alias velit unde. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit?
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