Template:Pre

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This template implements a version of the functionality provided by the HTML ‎<pre> tag.

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This template implements a version of the functionality provided by the HTML <pre> tag.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Text	1	The text which should be wrapped in pre tags.	String	required
Style	style	Optional css styling applied to the pre tag	String	optional
Width	width	The width of the pre box	String	optional
Space	space	The way white space is handled in the pre box	String	optional
Border	border	Set to 'no' if there should be no border around the box	String	optional

Usage

This template supports two parameters

|width= The width of the pre "box"
|space= The way white space is handled in the pre "box"

Markup	Renders as
{{Pre| This Pre-format can look like this. }}	This Pre-format can look like this.

Main differences include:

• It wraps text that overflows the page.
• It allows mid-line-breaks (but not always consistently).

Main limitations include:

• If the text is a single long word, it won't be wrapped and will still break out to the right hand of the page.
• HTML and wikimarkup aren't disabled as in ‎<pre>...‎</pre> and are rendered as usual (thus if a parameter contains any wikimarkup, enclose it in ‎<nowiki>...‎</nowiki>); however, multiple spaces are preserved.

As with ‎<pre> and ‎<code>, {{pre}} displays text in the font specified as the monospace font in the user's browser options, or specified in the user's CSS pages.

Example

Markup

{{Pre|
'''First line, markup working:''' and HTML comment <!--HIDDEN--> hidden.

'''Second line, long text wrapping:''' all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy.

'''Third line with raw | pipe is handled''', but the space before the pipe is lost. Up to raw 20 pipes are handled, else use <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki> and {{!}} it's {{!}} OK.

'''Fourth      line,     multiple spaces preserved''' unlike in HTML and wikitext.
'''Fifth line, following the previous one'''.


'''Last line''' preceded by two blank lines in markup and in display.
}}

Result

First line, markup working: and HTML comment  hidden.

Second line, long text wrapping: all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy.

Third line with raw| pipe is handled, but the space before the pipe is lost. Up to raw 20 pipes are handled, else use <nowiki>|</nowiki> and | it's | OK.

Fourth      line,     multiple spaces preserved unlike in HTML and wikitext.
Fifth line, following the previous one.


Last line preceded by two blank lines in markup and in display.

See also

• {{monodiv}}, a template with similar functionality but without border.
• {{tag}}
• {{code}}
• <syntaxhighlight>
• ‎<pre>
• ‎<code>

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