About

The white-space prevent the text to wrap up in a second line.

Usage

Value:  	normal | pre | nowrap | pre-wrap | pre-line | inherit
Initial:  	normal
Applies to:  	all elements
Inherited:  	yes
Percentages:  	N/A
Computed value:  	as specified 

where:

• Media: visual

Values have the following meanings:

• normal (default): collapse sequences of white space, and break lines as necessary to fill line boxes.
• pre: prevents from collapsing sequences of white space. Lines are only broken at preserved newline characters.
• nowrap: This value collapses white space as for 'normal', but suppresses line breaks within text.
• pre-wrap: prevents from collapsing sequences of white space. Lines are broken at preserved newline characters, and as necessary to fill line boxes.
• pre-line: collapse sequences of white space. Lines are broken at preserved newline characters, and as necessary to fill line boxes.

Example

• On a cell

<td style="white-space:nowrap;">

• In a div …

<td><div style="white-space:nowrap;"></div></td>

Documentation / Reference

• white-space-prop documentation