Javafx fxml file TextArea line break and tab in text

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Sevi picture Sevi · Jan 22, 2015 · Viewed 7.1k times · Source

How to edit text in the TextArea in `.fxml file as such I can use line breaks and tabs. The Textarea is predefined and can not be edited.

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ItachiUchiha picture ItachiUchiha · Jan 22, 2015

If you want to directly use the text you can use something :

<TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="${'Multi\nLine\tTab'}" />

In case you want to use in Scene Builder, you can switch to multi-line mode.

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Switching to multi-line mode, scene builder will insert:

&#10; for \n 
&#9;  for \t

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