Blockcode tag

[peroyomas]

I would like if they added the

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blockcode

tag as a shortcut for

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<pre><code>

. It's the same quantity of characters, but a single tag is less cumberstome.

Is said that is not going to be added because is "not backwards compatible with previous specs", but there's also many new elements that aren't supported by earlier browsers; and both inline and block elements with different CSS properties.

[zcorpan]

There's a high cost to adding a new element. If the use case is already served by <pre><code>, and there isn't huge benefit from <blockcode>, then it's not worth it.

[JAB Creations]

Those are elements, not tags. A tag is the starting or ending portion of an element therefore 99.9% of the time it is professional to refer to these as elements. The only condition I can think of that it would be professional to refer to a tag is if you're referring to self-closing elements (e.g. do I need a closing tag for the br or img elements?).

Just apply the CSS white-space property as you see fit. Here is a slimmed down example from my website of how I handle the code element's formatting...

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code {white-space: pre;}
div code {display: block;}
div p code, div span code, li code {display: inline;}

[zcorpan]

Those are elements, not tags. A tag is the starting or ending portion of an element therefore 99.9% of the time it is professional to refer to these as elements. The only condition I can think of that it would be professional to refer to a tag is if you're referring to self-closing elements (e.g. do I need a closing tag for the br or img elements?).

LOL will you stop whining about elements/tags? Or write a sticky about it and be done with it. I bet you're putting people off and making them leave the forum by saying they're unprofessional for saying 'tag' - most people don't care and we still know what they mean.

Just apply the CSS white-space property as you see fit. Here is a slimmed down example from my website of how I handle the code element's formatting...

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code {white-space: pre;}
div code {display: block;}
div p code, div span code, li code {display: inline;}

If the whitespace is important (e.g. in Python it's part of the syntax), then you should use <pre> rather than CSS since CSS is optional.