HTML <pre> tag

When writing in HTML (hypertext markup language), the <pre> tag is a block element used to designate preformatted text. It is useful because the text between <pre> tags has its spaces and line breaks preserved and is displayed in a fixed-width font. The following sections contain information about this tag, including an example of it in use, and related attributes and browser compatibility.

Example of <pre> code

<pre>This is a sentence with some     preformatted text.</pre>

Example result

This is a sentence with some     preformatted text.

Deprecated attributes

All HTML tags support standard attributes that define the settings of an HTML element. In addition to the standard settings, the <pre> tag had the following unique attributes that are now deprecated.

Compatibility

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