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

If you don't want to use outerHTML, you can also do the following for IE, if an additional pre tag is not an issue:

 if(isIE)
     document.getElementById("putItHere").innerHTML = "
" + content+"
";
 else
     document.getElementById("putItHere").innerHTML = content;