What is the function of white-space in css?

Question

When should we use this attribute? The example is confusing for pre, pre-line, and pre-wrap...

Answer 1

This might help:

https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_white-space.asp

Read the property value section and use the play it buttons to help you understand what each does.

For the pre, pre-line, and pre-wrap you may not really see a difference in the play it sections. I suggest you look into the pre tag to help you understand.

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_pre.asp