NOBR when IE does not honor white-space:nowrap;

edpoor · Joined: 16 Oct 2009 Posts: 3

I divided a numbered list into 2 columns, and I wanted each item to take exactly one line.

But Internet Explorer would word-wrap the small words at the end of long lines in the right column.

I had to used <NOBR>Here is a long line for me</NOBR> because style="white-space:nowrap;" did not work.

Is this a known bug, or something I'm doing wrong, or what?

Uncle Ed

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 3593 Location: Biloxi, MS

NOBR is proprietary markup. It's the same for MARQUEE. "white-space:nowrap;" should work as it is a well-known CSS property. Why it didn't work is hard to tell without seeing how you used it. Not sure all browsers support it. "white-space: nowrap;" works in FF, but that's apparently for individual text parts (which are grouped in "anonymous boxes" when sitting inside an element). It would not force a bunch of blocks or non-text inlines to not wrap. A proper width must be set where used.

Try using the "pre" tags.

leahmarie · Joined: 04 Aug 2009 Posts: 29

edpoor · Joined: 16 Oct 2009 Posts: 3

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 3593 Location: Biloxi, MS

You're welcome. I've had problems at times with pre-wrap and a few others. "pre" tags only help to maintain text just as you type it. You add a lot of whitespace, which normally is ignored, and the text will show just as you put it on the page. Post back if you have problems with related problem with topic here.