HTML pre tag

The HTML

 tag

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It is widely used to display language examples e.g. Java, C#, C, C++ etc because it displays the code as it is typed.

HTML pre tag example

Output:

This is a formatted text 
by using the HTML pre tag. It maintains
    both space and line break.

HTML pre tag example: Java code within pre

Output:

package com.w3cschoool;
public class FirstJava{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println("hello java");
}
}

If you remove pre tag from the above example, all the text will be displayed in a single line.

Output without pre:

width attribute

The HTML

 tag also supports the width attribute. The width attribute specifies the desired width of the pre-formatted text. But, it is not supported in HTML 5. 
    
 
Supporting Browsers
 
    
 
     

      

       
Element
       
 Chrome
       
 IE
       
 Firefox
       
 Opera
       
 Safari
      
 
      

       

       
Yes
       
Yes
       
Yes
       
Yes
       
Yes
      
 
     
    
 
    
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