Template:Pre

{{#switch:{{{2}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{3}}}}}|{{{2}}}}}|white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;{{{style|}}}">{{#switch:{{{1}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{2}}}}}|{{{1}}}}} }}

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{{pre}} uses <pre> tags, but with text that is either wrapped or is contained in a horizontal scrollbox. This means the text will not stretch past the right side of the screen.

As it uses real <pre> tags , it will be displayed correctly regardless of how the user's skin renders <pre> boxes.

If you want to disable wikitext in it, you should use <nowiki> tags inside the template (see below).

Usage

Wrapped text

{{pre|Text to be displayed. And more and more and more... and a paragraph break.

And then more and more...}}

produces:

{{#switch:{{{2}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{3}}}}}|{{{2}}}}}|white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;{{{style|}}}">{{#switch:{{{1}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{2}}}}}|{{{1}}}}} }}

Scrollbox

{{pre|scroll|Text to be displayed. And more and more and more... and a paragraph break.

And then more and more...}}

produces:

{{#switch:{{{2}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{3}}}}}|{{{2}}}}}|white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;{{{style|}}}">{{#switch:{{{1}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{2}}}}}|{{{1}}}}} }}

Using Wikitext

To disable wikitext (e.g. [[links]]), <nowiki> tags must be used in the form:

{{pre|<nowiki>Your [[text]], which ''might'' include {{tl|templates}}.<noinclude>[[Category:Examples]]</noinclude></nowiki>}}

This will produce this:

{{#switch:{{{2}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{3}}}}}|{{{2}}}}}|white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;{{{style|}}}">{{#switch:{{{1}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{2}}}}}|{{{1}}}}} }}

as opposed to:

{{#switch:{{{2}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{3}}}}}|{{{2}}}}}|white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;{{{style|}}}">{{#switch:{{{1}}}|nowiki|nw={{#tag:nowiki|{{{2}}}}}|{{{1}}}}} }}

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