Initially, the idea of use pre-line can be 'bad' for us geeks because most people (me included) prefer the overflow aka "the old method and put a horizontal scrollbar" and see code the way we want.
The problem with that approach is iOs/Safari users (apple as always ¬_¬U). They don't have scrollbar indications so if they get a very very very (*100) line of code inside a <pre> they don't see any indication of that line need to be scrolled for full view it...
So the question is: what is better? Stay with overflow (we are nerds! we want show code! :D) or use pre-line? Maybe the best is use last one only on Safari browsers?
ix5
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2 years ago
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<pre>need that CSS declaration:white-space: pre-line;.In that article of CSS tricks you can find how whitespace works.
Initially, the idea of use pre-line can be 'bad' for us geeks because most people (me included) prefer the overflow aka "the old method and put a horizontal scrollbar" and see code the way we want.
The problem with that approach is iOs/Safari users (apple as always
¬_¬U). They don't have scrollbar indications so if they get avery very very (*100) line of codeinside a<pre>they don't see any indication of that line need to be scrolled for full view it...So the question is: what is better? Stay with overflow (we are nerds! we want show code!
:D) or usepre-line? Maybe the best is use last one only on Safari browsers?Link: https://www.modern.ie/es-es/screenshots#http%3A%2F%2Fposativ.org%2Fisso%2F
Screenshot Win8.1 IE11: https://www.browserstack.com/screenshots/21bccc05ea7fbeb98af4c39720ecd4f852072672/win8.1_ie_11.0.png
Screenshot Safari on iPad Air: https://www.browserstack.com/screenshots/21bccc05ea7fbeb98af4c39720ecd4f852072672/ios_iPad-Air_8.0_portrait.jpg