Insert Linebreaks In A Textarea

[heldplayer]

is there a way to insert linebreaks in a textarea with just HTML and javascript?

[jeffman]

Use the "\n" character.In a textarea, "hello\nworld" renders as:helloworldTip: this is also true of alert messages.

[heldplayer]

it doesn't do anything exept if you write <textarea>hello \n world</textarea> it gives hello \n world else it displays hello world if you script it, nothello world

[justsomeguy]

You use \n as an escape sequence in Javascript to create a newline. If you're just typing text into a text area, if you want a linebreak you use the enter key.

[heldplayer]

did you tested it?it doesn't work for me, but I've been thinking, can't you use the entity name of enter to insert it, like < and >what is the entity name of enter cause i can't find it in the reference

[justsomeguy]

There's not an entity for a linebreak. I haven't tested, sorry. See if a regular <br> shows up as a line break in a textarea or if it shows <br>.

[heldplayer]

<br> breaks my code<br> just shows <br>edit: ff displays \n as it should be, ie does not

Edited October 20, 2009 by Mitchel