Question

I am using C# 3.5. I have an XML string that I pass to XslCompiledTransform object. I then display the output in a WebBrowser. All is working great except that the XML elements contain extra spaces which I need to display in the WinForms HTML browser. I can’t use any javascript in the html. Here is a sample XML element:

<myelement>Here is where           extra spaces need to be retained</myelement>

I tried replacing the string ” ” with " "but that made the xml that the XslCompiledTransform object used to transform invalid (the XML is invalid). Then I tried replacing ” ” with "&nbsp" but then the text   appeared in my html instead of a space. How can I get the extra spaces to appear?

Answer 1

Add

xml:space="preserve"

to your xsl stylesheet or your input doc.

Here’s a thorough guide to whitespace handling in XSLT.

EDIT:

To retain white space in the rendered HTML, use css style white-space:pre on the element in which you want to preserve white-space.