The <pre> Element

Text Content

The contents of the <pre> element (for preformatted text) is typically displayed in a non-proportional font exactly as it is in the page source. For example, sequences of whitespace are not collapsed into a single whitespace.

Attributes for <pre>

Type	Attribute List
'Standard' Attributes	(none)
Obsolete Attributes	"width"

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search <pre> (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search <pre> (email client compatibility information)
• HTML 4.01: PRE element
• HTML5 (WHATWG): pre element
• MDN: <pre>
• Quackit: HTML <pre> tag

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "pre element"
• Google "pre element"