{"id":2148,"date":"2017-03-24T19:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T13:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2017-03-28T16:20:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T10:50:06","slug":"wrap-text-pre-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wrap-text-pre-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved -10 Answers] CSS &#8211; How to wrap text in a pre tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><label class=\"label label-warning\">PROBLEM:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>pre tags <\/b>are super-useful for code blocks in HTML and for debugging output while writing scripts, but how to make the text word-wrap instead of printing out one long line?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 1:<\/label><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"css\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>CSS:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">pre <br\/>{<br\/>    white-space: pre-wrap;       \/* Since CSS 2.1 *\/<br\/>    white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  \/* Mozilla, since 1999 *\/<br\/>    white-space: -pre-wrap;      \/* Opera 4-6 *\/<br\/>    white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    \/* Opera 7 *\/<br\/>    word-wrap: break-word;       \/* Internet Explorer 5.5+ *\/<br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 2:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This works great to wrap text and maintain white-space within the pre-tag:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">pre<br\/>{<br\/>    white-space: pre-wrap;<br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 3:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skipping the pre tag and using white-space: pre-wrap on a div is a better solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">html code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-markup code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-markup code-embed-code\">&lt;div style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;content&lt;\/div&gt;<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 4:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can either use this:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">pre <br\/>{<br\/> white-space: normal; <br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>to maintain the monospace font but add word-wrap,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>or<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">pre <br\/>{<br\/> overflow: auto; <br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>which will allow a fixed size with horizontal scrolling for long lines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 5:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try this :<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">  pre <br\/>{<br\/>        white-space: pre-wrap;       \/* CSS 3 *\/<br\/>        white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  \/* Mozilla, since 1999 *\/<br\/>        white-space: -pre-wrap;      \/* Opera 4-6 *\/<br\/>        white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    \/* Opera 7 *\/<br\/>        word-wrap: break-word;       \/* Internet Explorer 5.5+ *\/<br\/>        padding:0px;<br\/>        margin:0px<br\/> }<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 6:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can try using this code :<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">&lt;pre style=&quot;white-space:normal;&quot;&gt;. <\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 7:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To get line breaks and shows exact code or text: (chrome, internet explorer, Firefox)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"css-2\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>CSS:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">xmp<br\/>{ <br\/>white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word; <br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"html\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>HTML:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">html code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-markup code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-markup code-embed-code\">&lt;xmp&gt; your text or code &lt;\/xmp&gt;<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 8:<\/label><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the solution :<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">pre<br\/> {<br\/>    white-space: normal;<br\/>    word-wrap: break-word;<br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 9:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text in &lt;pre&gt; tags doesn&#8217;t wrap by default. If this is causing layout problems, one solution is to give the pre block an overflow property to hide the excess or cause it to scroll. The other solution is to have it wrap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">\/* Browser specific (not valid) styles to make preformatted text wrap *\/pre {<br\/> white-space: pre-wrap;       \/* css-3 *\/<br\/> white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  \/* Mozilla, since 1999 *\/<br\/> white-space: -pre-wrap;      \/* Opera 4-6 *\/<br\/> white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    \/* Opera 7 *\/<br\/> word-wrap: break-word;       \/* Internet Explorer 5.5+ *\/<br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<p><label class=\"label label-info\">SOLUTION 10:<\/label><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All you need to do is add this one pieces of code to your stylesheet and your text will wrap nicely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <span class=\"code-embed-name\">css code<\/span> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-css code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-css code-embed-code\">pre <br\/>{<br\/>  white-space: pre-wrap;       \/* css-3 *\/<br\/>  white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  \/* Mozilla, since 1999 *\/<br\/>  white-space: -pre-wrap;      \/* Opera 4-6 *\/<br\/>  white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    \/* Opera 7 *\/<br\/>  word-wrap: break-word;       \/* Internet Explorer 5.5+ *\/<br\/>}<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROBLEM: pre tags are super-useful for code blocks in HTML and for debugging output while writing scripts, but how to make the text word-wrap instead of printing out one long line? SOLUTION 1: CSS: [ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;] SOLUTION 2: This works great to wrap text and maintain white-space within the pre-tag: SOLUTION 3: Skipping the pre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,24],"tags":[4603,4598,4600,4602,4596,4597,4595,4605,4591,4592,4599,4604,4594,4601,4593],"class_list":["post-2148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-css","category-html","tag-bootstrap-pre-tag","tag-bootstrap-pre-word-wrap","tag-css-pre-tag-styling","tag-css-white-space-pre-wrap","tag-css-white-space-property","tag-everything-you-need-to-know-about-htmls-pre-element","tag-how-to-wrap-text-within-the-tag-using-css","tag-html-pre-line-break","tag-javascript-how-to-wrap-text-in-pre-tag-in-html","tag-make-pre-text-wrap","tag-pre-tag-word-wrap","tag-pre-line-vs-pre-wrap","tag-tag-word-wrap","tag-white-space-pre-wrap-not-working","tag-wrapping-text-inside-pre-tags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}