Template:Pre

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pre

This Pre-format

can look

like this.

[edit] Template documentation
This documentation is transcluded from Template:Pre/doc. (edit | history)
This template has a sandbox (edit) and testcases (edit) for editors to experiment.

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[edit] Usage

{{Pre}} mimics the appearance of <PRE></PRE> tags as rendered by the monobook skin.

{{Pre|
This Pre-format

can look

like this.
}}

Main differences include:

  • It disallows the text to overflow 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 and are rendered as usual (thus if a parameter might contain any wikitext, enclose it in <NOWIKI></NOWIKI> tags); similarly, multiple spaces are treated as a single one.
  • If there are only two lines, they will be stuck together, even if the source has a blank line between them.

As with <PRE>, <TT>, and <CODE>, the font used by {{Pre}} is the one selected by the user in his browser for fixed-width display, or customized in his personal CSS.

[edit] Example

Code
{{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 19 pipes are handled, else use <NOWIKI>{{!}} and {{!}} it's {{!}} OK.

'''Fourth      line,     multiples spaces collapsed into one''' as in HTML and wikitext.
'''Fifth line, stuck with the previous one''' if no blank line between them.

'''Last line''', is actually standalone with or without a blank line.
}}
</NOWIKI>
Result
pre
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 19 pipes are handled, else use {{!}} and | it's | OK.

Fourth line, multiples spaces collapsed into one as in HTML and wikitext. Fifth line, stuck with the previous one if no blank line between them.

Last line, is actually standalone with or without a blank line.

[edit] See also

  • {{Pre2}}, for <pre> either with wrapped text or a scrollbar.
  • <pre>…</pre>, for general info on the tags.