HTML <pre> tag represents a preformatted or predefined text.
The pre tag is generally used to display text contents in a same fixed size, width, spaces, new line breaks etc.
HTML pre Tag Sample Code
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML/HTML5 pre Tag with Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<pre>
This is th e text written in
HTML prev tag with same
size
spaces
new lines etc
</pre>
</body>
</html>
HTML pre Tag Sample Result
This is th e text written in HTML prev tag with same size spaces new lines etc
Tag Specific Attributes Support
Following are pre tag attributes that are supported by <pre> tag.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| width | no_of_char | Represents the number of characters per line |
Note: width attributes is not supported in HTML5.
Standard Attributes Support
HTML <pre> tag supports mostly all HTML Attributes. Following are some most common attributes that are used by <pre> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| class | user_defined | Represents a style for an element which is used in CSS style sheet |
| id | user_defined | Represents unique id for an element |
| style | css_properties | Represents an inline style for an element for e.g style=”color:red;text-decoration:underline;” |
| title | user_defined | Represents a tooltip information for an elements like img, a, abbr etc |
Event Attributes Support
The “script” is invoked when a certain “event” occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event. HTML <pre> tag supports mostly all HTML Event Attributes. Following are some most common event attributes that are used by <pre> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Event Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| onclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse click on the specified element |
| ondblclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse double-click on the specified element |
| onkeydown | script | Event Fires immediately when user is pressing a down key from keyboard |
| onkeypress | script | Event Fires immediately when user presses a key from keyboard |
| onkeyup | script | Event Fires immediately when user releases a key from keyboard |
| onmousedown | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets down from an element |
| onmousemove | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseout | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets out from an element |
| onmouseover | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseup | script | Event Fires immediately when a mouse pointer is released over an element |
