CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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KFC
KFC

Reputation: 559

Display multiple spaces in HTML

What is a good way to put more than one space in HTML?

To show one space we write  . For five spaces, we have to write   five times, and so on.

Is there a better way? Is there a special tag to use?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 7199

Answers (6)

ChuckJHardy
ChuckJHardy

Reputation: 7066

As far as I know, if you are not using CSS then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is the only way. These days using CSS and adding a spacer <span> would be more advisable.

Upvotes: 2

mfluehr
mfluehr

Reputation: 3187

It is often best to handle this with CSS instead of HTML. CSS gives you more control over the whitespace than the <pre> tag does. Also, browsers apply default styles to <pre> that you might not want.

.pre {
  white-space: pre;
}

.pre-wrap {
  white-space: pre-wrap;
}

body {
  max-width: 12em;
}
<div class="pre">Text     that preserves whitespace and does not wrap</div>
<div class="pre-wrap">Text     that preserves whitespace and wraps as needed</div>
<pre>Text     inside a &ltpre&gt; tag also preserves whitespace</pre>

Upvotes: 1

Alexandre Bourdin
Alexandre Bourdin

Reputation: 835

You can use the

<pre>a    text    with        multiple spaces</pre>

tag.

Upvotes: 8

user18781437
user18781437

Reputation:

The simplest way I have used is to add <span style="color:white;">(anything here)</span> The bit in the span can be as long or as short as you like- it's not seen. The color of course is the color of the page/section where you place it. I prefer XXXXXXX as X is standard width (unlike M and I) and it's easy to see how many Xs you will need for a given space.

Upvotes: -1

troutinator
troutinator

Reputation: 1198

To actually insert spaces you are stuck with &nbsp; , the other common thing for spacing things out is to use 1x1 pixel gif and set the images with in the IMG tag.

Upvotes: -1

goto-bus-stop
goto-bus-stop

Reputation: 11824

You could use something like <span style="margin-left: 20px;"></span> to create some sort of 20px space between two words. Other than that, no.

Upvotes: 1

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