<pre> tag

HTML <pre> tag

The <pre> tag tells the browser to render the text and element in the same way as it is coded by retaining the exact space, font-size, line breaks and other formatting characters etc.

The font face is displayed in courier by default.

Browsers usually render <pre> text into fixed-pitched font. It contains line breaks and spaces.

Syntax:
<pre> Text…</pre>

Example

<pre>The  pre tag describes   preformatted text in HTML     page.

including     line breaks and spaces</pre>

How Browser will display

INLINE.

Difference between HTML4.01, XHTML and HTML5

HTML4 XHTML HTML5
None None The width attribute used with this tag is deprecated in HTML5.

Attributes used with <pre> tag

NONE

Global Attributes

The <pre> tag supports Global attributes.

Event Attributes

The <pre> tag supports Event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

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