How to preserve line breaks in block?

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I have some code samples which I want to publish in an HTML document. I'm wrapping them with `

`, tags but I'd like them to be styled such that line breaks are preserved. I can do this by also enclosing them with `` tags, but I'd prefer to use CSS. I've tried the following in IE7 (which according to this reference should work), but with no joy (line breaks are stripped): ``` code { white-space: pre; } ``` Is this possible?

Accepted Answer

Check your doctype is valid and on the first line. Maybe it's slipping into quirks mode?

How to preserve line breaks in <code> block?

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