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# HTML <pre> tag

## Function:

The HTML <pre> tag is used for indicating preformatted text. The code tag surrounds the code being marked up.

Browsers normally render pre text in a fixed-pitched font, with whitespace in tact, and without word wrap.

## Difference between HTML and XHTML:

The width attribute of the pre element is deprecated in HTML as well as in XHTML.

## Example:

    <pre>
          This text is
     in a fixed-pitch
            font, and it preserves
     both    spaces and line breaks
    </pre>

This will produce following result:

          This text is
     in a fixed-pitch
            font, and it preserves
     both    spaces and line breaks

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## Attributes:

Attribute | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
width | number | Deprecated - Specifies the desired width of the preformatted text.

## Standard Attributes:

Attribute | Description
--- | ---
class | Document wide identifier
dir | Specifies the direction of the text
id | Document wide identifier
title | Specifies a title to associate with the element.
style | Helps to include inline casecadubf style sheet.
lang | Sets the language code.
xml:lang | Sets the language code.

## Event Attributes:

Attribute | Description
--- | ---
onclick | Script runs when a mouse click
ondblclick | Script runs when a mouse double-click
onmousedown | Script runs when mouse button is pressed
onmouseup | Script runs when mouse button is released
onmouseover | Script runs when mouse pointer moves over an element
onmousemove | Script runs when mouse pointer moves
onmouseout | Script runs when mouse pointer moves out of an element
onkeypress | Script runs when key is pressed and released
onkeydown | Script runs when key is pressed
onkeyup | Script runs when key is released

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