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<PRE> and </PRE>

Description Attributes Examples

Description:

Shows preformatted text as it is included, with exactly specified whitespace, blank lines and such.

Attributes:

class=class

Indicates that the text is to be formatted using the specified class.

COLS=n

Maximum number of characters that can be displayed per line.

dir=direction

Indicates the direction (right or left) that the text is to be displayed. Useful for languages which display left to right.

event=JavaScript

When event occurs, execute the specified JavaScript.

id = "name"

You can give a text a name, which allows it to be referenced and changed in a script (dynamic HTML).

lang="lang"

Indicates the language of the text within the text.

style="style"

Defines the style in which the text will be displayed. This overrides any style elements at an "outer" level, such as from the BODY or the Cascading Style Sheet.

title="title"

You can give a text a title if you want. This provides some additional information about the text. I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you could.

WIDTH=n

Maximum number of characters that can be displayed per line.

WRAP

Wrap the lines. Default is to not wrap.

Examples:

<PRE>
This example shows that this tag
is pretty useful as

    it preserves whitespace.
</PRE>
This example shows that this tag
is pretty useful as

    it preserves whitespace.

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