Name

white-space

Synopsis

This declares how whitespace within an element is handled during layout. The values pre-wrap and pre-line were added in CSS2.1.

Values:

normal | nowrap | pre | pre-wrap | pre-line | inherit

Initial value:

normal

Applies to:

all elements (CSS2.1); block-level elements (CSS1 and CSS2)

Inherited:

no

Computed value:

as specified

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