TheConeHead
Programmer
Anyone know why width would not work within pre?
<pre width="100">
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<pre width="100">
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The <pre> tag was deprecated as of HTML 4.01.
If you think about it, it makes sense. What if I have the following:
[tt]
<PRE>
This text will display
exactly as I want it to.
</PRE>
[/tt]
But then I apply a width of 10 pixels to it. That doesn't make much sense, does it? The <pre> tag is utilized to display text exactly as you display it, so that, say, 30 spaces show up as 30 spaces, not just 1, as in normal HTML.
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If you think about it, it makes sense. What if I have the following:
[tt]
<PRE>
This text will display
exactly as I want it to.
</PRE>
[/tt]
But then I apply a width of 10 pixels to it. That doesn't make much sense, does it? The <pre> tag is utilized to display text exactly as you display it, so that, say, 30 spaces show up as 30 spaces, not just 1, as in normal HTML.
*cLFlaVA
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A pirate walks into a bar with a huge ship's steering wheel down his pants.
The bartender asks, "Are you aware that you have a steering wheel down your pants?"
The pirate replies, "Arrrrr! It's driving me nuts!
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TheConeHead
Programmer
so is there anyway to show text as is?
I'm sorry.
My mistake. The <PRE> tag wasn't depricated. The width attribute of the <PRE> tag was. Sorry for the confusion!
*cLFlaVA
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A pirate walks into a bar with a huge ship's steering wheel down his pants.
The bartender asks, "Are you aware that you have a steering wheel down your pants?"
The pirate replies, "Arrrrr! It's driving me nuts!
My mistake. The <PRE> tag wasn't depricated. The width attribute of the <PRE> tag was. Sorry for the confusion!
*cLFlaVA
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A pirate walks into a bar with a huge ship's steering wheel down his pants.
The bartender asks, "Are you aware that you have a steering wheel down your pants?"
The pirate replies, "Arrrrr! It's driving me nuts!
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