Inserting a newline into a pre tag (IE, Javascript)

Question

In IE when I insert text into a

 tag the newlines are ignored:






        

Answer 1

Content inside the

 tag should not be considered HTML.


In fact, the point of 
 tag is so that it does display formatted text.


Using the innerText property is the correct way to modify the content of a 
 tag.


document.getElementById("putItHere").innerText = "first line\nsecond line";