I need to generate spaces in a HTML file.
A:
is a non-breaking space. Alternatively I guess you could use a <br /> (XHTML there) tag just to generate a new line.
James Brooks
2009-11-26 14:27:29
I don't need a new line.
Steven
2009-11-26 14:31:24
+11
A:
Use either   or <pre> tags. The <pre> tag preserves all spaces, tabs and newlines.
EDIT
Regarding your comment about its use, for padding, you may want to look at css padding
Yacoby
2009-11-26 14:29:56
+1
A:
I hardly ever use
margin and padding properties work well for spacing and <br /> for newlines. (I don't use <br /> too frequently either.)
Nimbuz
2009-11-26 14:32:43
+4
A:
It all depends on the context, you can use letter-spacing, word-spacing or for example padding for surrounding span's.
Without more information it´s impossible to give a good advice.
Edit: if it´s for use in texts / in between words, I´d go for the word-spacing and perhaps letter-spacing.
jeroen
2009-11-26 14:33:42
just to add a tidbit, 1em is equal to 1 font heigth so 2em is the same space as 2 font of the current setting (context) which scales size with the text then.
Mark Schultheiss
2009-11-26 15:14:16
A:
Yacoby is right. But i have something different:
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.left-space{ margin-left: 10px }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<p>This is a test line.<span class="left-space">This is a line with space before it.</span></p>
</div>
</body>
And by the way you should replace with to conform to XHTML.
Colour Blend
2009-11-26 14:51:56