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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Pre. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template implements a version of the functionality provided by the HTML <pre>
tag.
TemplateData
This template implements a version of the functionality provided by the HTML <pre> tag.
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}}
<syntaxhighlight>
<pre>