new line in text fiel
I'm trying to add a line of text to a multi-line text field in the database using an action. So let's say this is the content of the text field:
"hobby: tennis
languages: Dutch"
And i want to use an action to add a third line "Hobby: golf".
i concatenate the old and new values with + but i want to add a 'new line' in between:
update field: [old value] + 'newline' + [new value]
I tried <br> and \n but they are just added to the text field exactly like that. No new line.
I also tried " " and that works partly: when i view the field in the (back-end) details screen, the added text is shown on a new line.
But when i edit the text field, this string (" ") is visible. This does not look nice and will confuse users.
Does anyone know of any other method of injecting a newline in a multi-line text field from an action?
I'm trying to add a line of text to a multi-line text field in the database using an action. So let's say this is the content of the text field:
"hobby: tennis
languages: Dutch"
And i want to use an action to add a third line "Hobby: golf".
i concatenate the old and new values with + but i want to add a 'new line' in between:
update field: [old value] + 'newline' + [new value]
I tried <br> and \n but they are just added to the text field exactly like that. No new line.
I also tried "
" and that works partly: when i view the field in the (back-end) details screen, the added text is shown on a new line.
But when i edit the text field, this string ("
") is visible. This does not look nice and will confuse users.
Does anyone know of any other method of injecting a newline in a multi-line text field from an action?
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