white space property - ythy/blog GitHub Wiki

white-space property declares how white space inside the element is handled.

Value:   normal | pre | nowrap | pre-wrap | pre-line | inherit  
Initial:   normal  
Applies to:   all elements  
Inherited:   yes  
Percentages:   N/A  
Media:   visual  
Computed value:   as specified  

Values have the following meanings:

• normal
  This value directs user agents to collapse sequences of white space, and break lines as necessary to fill line boxes.
• pre
  This value prevents user agents from collapsing sequences of white space. Lines are only broken at preserved newline characters.
• nowrap
  This value collapses white space as for 'normal', but suppresses line breaks within text.
• pre-wrap
  This value prevents user agents from collapsing sequences of white space. Lines are broken at preserved newline characters, and as necessary to fill line boxes.
• pre-line
  This value directs user agents to collapse sequences of white space. Lines are broken at preserved newline characters, and as necessary to fill line boxes.