How to change a span to look like a pre with CSS?

Question

Is it possible to to change a tag (or

) to preformat its contents like a

 tag would using only CSS?         


        

Answer 1

This makes a SPAN look like a PRE:

span {
  white-space: pre;
  font-family: monospace;
  display: block;
}

Remember to change the css selector as appropriate.