White Space Characters Handling Rules in HTML

Q

How Exactly White Space Characters Are Ignored?

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A

White space characters will be processed (ignored) based where they are located:

  • White space characters will be ignored between block elements.
  • White space characters will be preserved in element "pre".
  • White space characters will be preserved in CDATA.
  • Multiple consecutive white space characters will be replaced by a single space character in PCDATA.
  • White space characters will be ignored in EMPTY content elements.

 

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