title: preserve white space in options text of a select for string created by java
body: <p>Server side, I build a list of strings which are the option text of an html select multiple.</p>
  
  <p>Every string is the result of the concatenation of four strings. First, second and third have a length=5. Third string has a variable length, so I complete its length to 19 chars with white spaces:</p>
  
  <pre><code> StringUtils.rightPad(data.toUpperCase(), 19, " "); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Nevertheless, in my html page, these whites spaces are removed.</p>
  
  <p>I have looked for similar problems in this web and others, I have tried with &amp; nbsp;, \u0020, I have tried with css style white-space:pre-wrap;, I have tried a lot of things but white spaces are not preserved.</p>
  
  <p>Any one knows how to solve this problem without javascript? only with html/styles.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you, regards</p>