I figured it out. For internet exploder, you have to turn on "standards-compliant mode" for white-space:pre to work. white-space:pre-wrap only works in IE8. Here's the msdn article where this precious gem is buried: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531182%28VS.85%29.aspx
On Oct 8, 3:35 pm, Zach Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: > try adding an specific style for only IE or check to see if you have a > specific style: > > <!--[if IE]> > Add CSS tweaks here > <![endif]--> > > Zach Schneider > > http://www.twitter.com/zkmhttp://www.zachschneider.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/zschneider > > Mike Ditka <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mike_ditka.html> - > "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms." > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:19 PM, mindgrep <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The following works in firefox 3 but not in IE (6/7/8 take your pick): > > > <span style="white-space: pre-wrap"> > > line 1 > > line 2 > > </span> > > > Same goes for white-space:pre as well. > > > Any idea how to make IE preserve the formatting using CSS (without > > using the <pre> tag)? > > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- You received this because you are subscribed to the "Design the Web with CSS" at Google groups. To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
