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Fred
Fred

Reputation: 2468

Javascript newline not working when sending to outlook

I have this little problem. I have this javascript in my html page:

function myfunction(form)
            {
                var name = document.details.txtName.value + "\n";
                var street = document.details.txtStreet.value + "\n";
                var city = document.details.txtCity.value + "\n";
                var stateProvince = document.details.txtStateProvince.value + "\n";
                var postalCode = document.details.txtPostalCode.value + "\n";
                var country = document.details.txtCountry.value + "\n";
                var homeTel = document.details.txtHomeTel.value + "\n";
                var workTel = document.details.txtWorkTel.value + "\n";
                var fax = document.details.txtFax.value + "\n";
                var mobile = document.details.txtMobile.value + "\n";
                var email = document.details.txtEmail.value + "\n";
                var enquiry = document.details.txtEnquiry.value + "\n";

                var message = (name +
                               street + 
                               city + 
                               stateProvince + 
                               postalCode + 
                               country + 
                               homeTel + 
                               workTel + 
                               fax + 
                               mobile + 
                               email +
                               enquiry);
                alert(message);
                location='mailto:[email protected]?subject=Message From Redec Website&body=' + message;
                return false; //So that the page can stay at its current location.

In the messagebox that pops up, it displays the strings underneath each other, which I want.

but when this opens outlook it is all in one long string. how can I fix this? }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 517

Answers (2)

JoDev
JoDev

Reputation: 6873

The mailto is particular attribute. You have to encode the string using escape function.

But for the new lines, you can use %0D%0A.
See this site for more informations.

Upvotes: 2

David G
David G

Reputation: 96810

You're inserting the text as HTML, so new line characters '\n' are simply parsed as 'n'. To insert a line break, using the corresponding HTML element <br>.

For example:

var name = document.details.txtName.value + "<br>";
//                                           ^^^^

Upvotes: 1

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