Whitespace: the 'white-space' property

'white-space'

Value:	normal | pre | nowrap | inherit
Initial:	normal
Applies to:	block-level elements
Inherited:	yes
Percentages:	N/A
Media:	visual

This property declares how whitespace inside the element is handled. Values have the following meanings:

normal

This value directs user agents to collapse sequences of whitespace, and break lines as necessary to fill line boxes. Additional line breaks may be created by occurrences of "\A" in generated content (e.g., for the BR element in HTML).

pre

This value prevents user agents from collapsing sequences of whitespace. Lines are only broken at newlines in the source, or at occurrences of "\A" in generated content.

nowrap

This value collapses whitespace as for 'normal', but suppresses line breaks within text except for those created by "\A" in generated content (e.g., for the BR element in HTML).

Example(s):

The following examples show what whitespace behavior is expected from the PRE and P elements, and the "nowrap" attribute in HTML.

PRE        { white-space: pre }
P          { white-space: normal }
TD[nowrap] { white-space: nowrap }