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Summary

st.text behavior seems to have changed between 1.37 and the latest version (1.41) in which it no longer respects pre-formatted spacing.

Reproducible Code Example

import streamlit as st

def display_preformatted_text():
    preformatted_text = """
    Interface:      GigabitEthernet1/0/1
    MAC Address:    00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E
    IPv4 Address:   192.168.1.10
    IPv6 Address:   fe80::1a2b:3c4d:5e6f
    User-Name:      user1
    User-Role:      admin
    Status:         active
    Domain:         example.com
    Current Policy: default
    Vlan:           10
    Device-name:    device1
    """

    st.text(preformatted_text)
    st.write(preformatted_text)
    st.code(preformatted_text,language=None )

display_preformatted_text()

Steps To Reproduce

Should be demonstrated in example code (self-evident)

Expected Behavior

Adding an option to preserve spacing like previous behavior

Current Behavior

Screenshot of before (1.37) -> (1.41):

While I am aware I can get similar results with st.code it does add a grey background that I can't seem to remove. An option to remove the grey background on st.code to the standard black might be sufficient too.

I think ideally, I would like the option to preserve spacing(old behavior) or not preserve spacing (current behavior).

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this used to work in a previous version.

Debug info

• Streamlit version: 1.41
• Python version: 3.12
• Operating System: win
• Browser: edge

Additional Information

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