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CSS - how to disable line wrapping in HTML?

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Using CSS it is possible to remove line wrapping in following ways.

Note: read this article how to disable world wrapping.

1. white-space: nowrap example

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>

    p {
        border: 1px solid black;
        width: 200px;
        white-space: nowrap;
    }

  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>
    Very long web page text here: 1 2 3 4 5 ...
    Very long web page text here: 1 2 3 4 5 ...
  </p>
</body>
</html>

Note: use <br /> element to break lines.

2. white-space: pre example

This approach makes text behaving similar to pre tag - white characters in source code are visible on web page.

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>

    p {
        border: 1px solid black;
        width: 200px;
        white-space: pre;
    }

  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Very long web page text here: 1 2 3 4 5 ...
Very long web page text here: 1 2 3 4 5 ...</p>
</body>
</html>

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