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

I've found that innerHTML is processed before it is applied to the element, hence
becomes a newline and multiple white spaces are removed.

To preserve the raw text you must use nodeValue, for example;

document.getElementById('pre_id').firstChild.nodeValue='    white space \r\n ad new line';