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How do I add a newline or linebreak in a Confiform textarea type field?

VD_onm73p

I have a textarea field that must show multiple lines in different lines. The field is populated using a form field rule like this:

lookupResult=US: [entry.lookupResultPSAN] UK:[entry.lookupResultPPEP] France:[entry.lookupResultPAM]

The bolded part appears on one line, and then the value should appear in the next line.

I tried \n and \\ , but neither seems to work. My output always appears like this:

US:\n<output> UK:\\ <output>France: <output>

What can I use as newline character when assigning values to show in a textarea?

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Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

\n makes the next line

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Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

\n makes the next line

VD_onm73p

I tried \n but it shows up as \n in my output form. How do I stop it from showing as \n and just have the data displayed on the next line? Are there spaces or quotes to be added?

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

Sorry, it must be \\n

(double slash n... seems to be removed from my previous answer)

See the demo below

http://recordit.co/u8aXUAZ9MB

VD_onm73p

Thanks a lot! \\n worked like a charm to add line breaks!

Tanmay Gadkari

Have a related question related to line breaks.

I am trying to pass an Acceptance Criteria to our JIRA tickets from a ConfiForm. The Acceptance Criteria is hardcoded in a hidden field. There are two bullets for the Acceptance Criteria. Trying to get them on different lines but nothing works. Here is the linebreak attempt:

Result I get is this:

Any help will be appreciated.

@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ any ideas?

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

Try setting with one \

As this is not a parameter to function where you need to escape it with a double \\

Tanmay Gadkari

Brilliant!! Worked like a charm... Thanks so much @Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ !!!

saiful_hasan

Hi @Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ how do I allow users to use a blank line in a TextArea field? One of the users entered two lines of text and a blank line between them. This generated an error message when he tried to submit the form. Appreciate any help here, thanks.

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