Whitespace

Utilities for controlling an element’s white-space property.

Use to cause text to wrap normally within an element. Newlines and spaces will be collapsed.

No Wrap

Use whitespace-nowrap to prevent text from wrapping within an element. Newlines and spaces will be collapsed.

  <div class="whitespace-nowrap ...">Hey everyone!
It's almost 2022       and we still don't know if there       is aliens living among us, or do we? Maybe the person writing this is an alien.
You will never know.</div>
</div>

Pre Line

Use whitespace-pre-line to preserve newlines but not spaces within an element. Text will be wrapped normally.

  <div class="whitespace-pre-line ...">Hey everyone!
It's almost 2022       and we still don't know if there       is aliens living among us, or do we? Maybe the person writing this is an alien.
</div>

Use whitespace-pre-wrap to preserve newlines and spaces within an element. Text will be wrapped normally.

Break Spaces

<div class="w-3/4 ...">
  <div class="whitespace-break-spaces ...">Hey everyone!
It's almost 2022       and we still don't know if there       is aliens living among us, or do we? Maybe the person writing this is an alien.
You will never know.</div>
</div>

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:whitespace-pre to only apply the whitespace-pre utility on hover.

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:whitespace-pre to apply the whitespace-pre utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="whitespace-normal md:whitespace-pre">
  <!-- ... -->

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, and other media query modifiers.