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cols attribute (pre)

Browser support:

Specifies the preferred count of characters for each line in a pre element. If a line is longer than the specified character count, the browser tries to wrap it.

The cols attribute is equivalent to the width attribute in Firefox.

For a cross-browser solution use style properties for similar functionality. You can see it in Example 2.

Possible values:

Integer that sets the count of characters.

Default: this attribute has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the cols attribute:

<pre cols="15">The preferred count of characters is 15 for each line.</pre>

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates a cross-browser solution instead of the cols attribute:

<head>
    <style>
        .wrapForPre {
             white-space: pre-wrap;
             word-wrap: break-word;
             width: 130px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <pre class="wrapForPre">The preferred width is 130px for this field. </pre>
</body>