The white-space property (CSS Reference)
Introduction
The white-space property can be used to specify the
white-space (blank) in an element.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head><title>white-space
Demonstration</title>
<style type="text/css">
p.normal
{
white-space:normal;
}
p.pre
{
white-space:pre;
}
p.nowrap
{
white-space:nowrap;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1><p>white-space
demonstration</p></h1>
<p class="normal">This is the normal value
for the white-space property. This is the normal value for the white-space
property. This is the normal value for the white-space
property. This is the normal value for the white-space
property.</p><br/>
<p class="pre">This is the pre value
for the white-space
property.</p><br/>
<p class="nowrap">This is the nowrap value
for the white-space property. This is the nowrap value for the white-space
property. This is the nowrap value for the white-space
property. This is the nowrap value for the white-space property.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output

Values
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Name:
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Description:
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normal
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This is the default value of the white-space property.
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pre
|
The pre value is like the HTML tag <pre>. It renders
the output the same as you write in your HTML.
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nowrap
|
The nowrap value is used to continue the text on the same
line till a line break or a <br> tag appears.
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