<pre> Description:
The <pre></pre> tag defines the enclosed text as pre-formatted.
<pre> Web Browser Support:
- Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Mozilla 1
- Firefox 1
- Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Opera 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Safari 1
- WebTV / MSNTV
- AvantGo Palm OS
- AvantGo Windows CE
- HTML 3.2, 4.0
- XHTML 1.0
XHTML Text Module, XHTML Legacy Module
<pre> Attributes:
- align (optional)
- class (optional)
- dir (optional)
- id (optional)
- lang (optional)
- onclick (optional)
- ondblclick (optional)
- onkeydown (optional)
- onkeypress (optional)
- onkeyup (optional)
- onmousedown (optional)
- onmousemove (optional)
- onmouseout (optional)
- onmouseover (optional)
- onmouseup (optional)
- style (optional)
- title (optional)
<pre> End Tag:
</pre> REQUIRED<pre> Contents:
Text. The following tags are valid within the <pre> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, br, button, cite, code, dfn, em, font, i, iframe, img, input, kbd, label, map, object, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, textarea, tt, u, var
<pre> Valid Context:
The <pre> tag is valid within the following tags:
blockquote, body, button, center, dd, div, fieldset, form, iframe, li, noframes, noscript, object, td, th
<pre> Usage:
- pre-formatted text
<pre>
x | o | x
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o | o | x
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o | x | x
</pre>
<pre> Special Notes:
- This tag usually displays the information in a monospaced font. But if you need your text to be monospaced, use the <tt> tag.
- The width attribute is only there as advice for the browser, and many older browsers don't honor it.
