Multiline TextBox multiple newline

asp.net html textbox multiline
selami picture selami · May 6, 2011 · Viewed 134.6k times · Source

I set a value for a Multiline Textbox like this.

textBox1.Text = "Line1\r\n\r\nLine2";

But, only one line space in output.

When I read the value of textbox, I read "Line1\r\nLine2";

Why does ASP.NET not support more then one lineline character?

Answer

Tom Gullen picture Tom Gullen · May 6, 2011

You need to set the textbox to be multiline, this can be done two ways:

In the control:

<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="MyBox" TextMode="MultiLine" Rows="10" />

Code Behind:

MyBox.TextMode = TextBoxMode.MultiLine;
MyBox.Rows = 10;

This will render as a <textarea>

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