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The HTMLPreElement interface exposes specific properties and methods (beyond those of the HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating a block of preformatted text (<pre>).
EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLPreElementInherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.
HTMLPreElement.widthA long value reflecting the obsolete width attribute, containing a fixed-size length for the <pre> element.
No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.
| HTML # htmlpreelement |
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