Widely Available White space

white-space-collapse

The white-space-collapse CSS property sets whether new line characters are shown as line breaks, and whether multiple consecutive spaces are all displayed or combined.

Baseline Status: Achieved Widely Available on Sep 19, 2026 (Cross-browser Newly Available since Mar 19, 2024).

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

114

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

124

Supported

Apple Safari

17.4

Supported

Microsoft Edge

114

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

114

Firefox Android

124

Safari iOS

17.4

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

css.properties.white-space-collapse ↗ css.properties.white-space-collapse.break-spaces ↗ css.properties.white-space-collapse.collapse ↗ css.properties.white-space-collapse.preserve ↗ css.properties.white-space-collapse.preserve-breaks ↗ css.properties.white-space-collapse.preserve-spaces ↗