HTML DOM Pre Object

Pre Object

The Pre object represents an HTML <pre> element.

You can access a <pre> element by using getElementById():

var x = document.getElementById("myPre");

You can create a <pre> element by using the document.createElement() method:

var x = document.createElement("PRE");

Property	Description
width	Not supported in HTML5. Use style.width instead. Sets or returns the value of the width attribute of the preformatted text

The Pre object also supports the standard properties and events.

HTML Reference: HTML <pre> tag