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

Here is a very small tweak to Edward Wilde's answer that preserves the attributes on the

 tag.


if (elem.tagName == "PRE" && "outerHTML" in elem) {
    var outer = elem.outerHTML;
    elem.outerHTML = outer.substring(0, outer.indexOf('>') + 1) + str + "
";
}
else {
    elem.innerHTML = str;
}