This page lists all 60 combinations of the properties 'linefeed-treatment', 'all-space-treatment', and 'white-space-treatment' as defined by the May 2003 CSS3 Text Candidate Recommendation.
A sample input is given in the last column, to show the effect these properties would have. It uses the following symbols in place of whitespace:
| all-space-treatment | linefeed-treatment | white-space-treatment | text--text--/-/---text/--text |
|---|---|---|---|
| preserve | auto | ignore | texttextAAtextAtext |
| preserve | auto | preserve | text--text--A-A---textA--text |
| preserve | auto | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text--textAA---textA--text |
| preserve | auto | ignoref-if-after-linefeed | text--text--AAtextAtext |
| preserve | auto | ignore-if-surrounding-linefeed | text--textAAtextAtext |
| preserve | ignore | ignore | texttexttexttext |
| preserve | ignore | preserve | text--text------text--text |
| preserve | ignore | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text--text---text--text |
| preserve | ignore | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text--text--texttext |
| preserve | ignore | ignore-if-surrounding-linefeed | text--texttexttext |
| preserve | preserve | ignore | texttext/text/text |
| preserve | preserve | preserve | text--text--/-/---text/--text |
| preserve | preserve | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text--text//---text/--text |
| preserve | preserve | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text--text--//text/text |
| preserve | preserve | ignore-if-surrounding-linefeed | text--text//text/text |
| preserve | treat-as-space | ignore | texttext--text-text |
| preserve | treat-as-space | preserve | text--text--------text---text |
| preserve | treat-as-space | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text--text-----text---text |
| preserve | treat-as-space | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text--text----text-text |
| preserve | treat-as-space | ignore-if-surround-linefeed | text--text--text-text |
| preserve | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore | texttext||text|text |
| preserve | treat-as-zero-width-space | preserve | text--text--|-|---text|--text |
| preserve | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text--text||---text|--text |
| preserve | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text--text--||text|text |
| preserve | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text--text||text|text |
| preserve | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore | texttext/text/text |
| preserve | ignore-if-after-linefeed | preserve | text--text--/-/---text/--text |
| preserve | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text--text/---text/--text |
| preserve | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text--text--/text/text |
| preserve | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text--text/text/text |
| collapse | auto | ignore | texttextAtextAtext |
| collapse | auto | preserve | text-text-|-|-text|-text or text-text-text-text |
| collapse | auto | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text-text||-text|-text or text-text-text-text |
| collapse | auto | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text-text-||text|text or text-text-text-text |
| collapse | auto | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text-text||text|text or text-text-text-text |
| collapse | ignore | ignore | texttexttexttext |
| collapse | ignore | preserve | text-text-text-text |
| collapse | ignore | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text-text-text-text |
| collapse | ignore | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text-text-texttext |
| collapse | ignore | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text-texttexttext |
| collapse | preserve | ignore | texttext//text/text |
| collapse | preserve | preserve | text-text-/-/-text/-text |
| collapse | preserve | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text-text//-text/-text |
| collapse | preserve | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text-text-//text/text |
| collapse | preserve | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text-text//text/text |
| collapse | treat-as-space | ignore | texttext-text-text |
| collapse | treat-as-space | preserve | text-text-text-text |
| collapse | treat-as-space | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text-text-text-text |
| collapse | treat-as-space | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text-text-text-text |
| collapse | treat-as-space | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text-text-text-text |
| collapse | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore | texttext||text|text |
| collapse | treat-as-zero-width-space | preserve | text-text-|-|-text|-text |
| collapse | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text-text||-text|-text |
| collapse | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text-text-||text|text |
| collapse | treat-as-zero-width-space | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text-text||text|text |
| collapse | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore | texttext/text/text |
| collapse | ignore-if-after-linefeed | preserve | text-text-/-/-text/-text |
| collapse | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore-if-before-linefeed | text-text/-text/-text |
| collapse | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore-if-after-linefeed | text-text-/text/text |
| collapse | ignore-if-after-linefeed | ignore-if-around-linefeed | text-text/text/text |