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

[VD]

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?

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Accepted solution]

\n makes the next line

[VD]

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]

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

[Noah Leu -MESKRU GmbH-]

Hello @Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

is it possible to also use bold text and italics? I tried some <b></b> stuff, but could not manage to do it.

In my case it is a "Rules for Definition" with a value to set. The line breaks worked fine for me. 

Thank you in advance!

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

Textarea is not an HTML (holding) field, so you cannot use HTML tags there

[Noah Leu -MESKRU GmbH-]

Thank you! That response was insanely fast! 

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

ConfiForms has fields that can hold the HTML - you can use those or even "textarea", but when you reference this field via ConfiForms Field macro then you can use "renderAsHtml" function

Something like

mytextareafield.renderAsHtml

https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Virtual+functions

Alex

[Sopaboba]

Hi guys.

I am having problems with something similar, but in my case I try to convert a smart multiselect field in a textarea with different lines. Imagine the multiselect field has been chosen with three different values: MADRID BARCELONA VALENCIA.

I want to show the result in different lines:

MADRID

BARCELONA

VALENCIA

How should I do it? Appending \\n to the following chain: [entry.mymultiselectfield.transform(label).append(\\n)]

A little bit lost with this.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

It is about appending \\n to each label..

[entry.mymultiselectfield.transform(label.append(\\n))]

[Sopaboba]

Too busy today at the office. I will try tomorrow, but I am totally sure it will work. Thanks again.

[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 \

\n

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.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

What error do your users get!? TextArea allows and supports new lines - I dont understand what you are talking about?