CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptjqueryhtml
Sudarshan Kalebere
Sudarshan Kalebere

Reputation: 3929

Keep line breaks with jQuery .text() in textarea

I have an address filled in <p> tag. On click of edit button I turn that <p> tag address into <textarea> allowing user to edit it. but whenever the user clicks on edit, the address text from <p> tag is fetched in <textarea> without line breaks.

HTML Markup:

<a href="" class="editShipAdd">Edit</a>
<a href="" class="saveShipAddBtn">Save</a>
    <table class="table shipping-address-table"> 
                                <tbody> 
                                    <tr>
                                        <td>
                                            <div class="jumbotron custjumbo">
      <p class="datainfo" id="shipping_address">123, Sample Street,<br>
       Sample Sample Road,<br> Bangalore, <br>Karnataka - 123xyz</p>
                                            </div>
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                </tbody>
                            </table>

JS code:

$(".editShipAdd").on("click", function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    var datasets = $('.shipping-address-table>tbody>tr td').find(".datainfo");
    var savebtn = $('.saveShipAddBtn');
    datasets.each(function(){
      var theid   = $(this).attr("id");
      var newid   = theid+"-form";
      var currval = $(this).text().replace(/\r?\n/g, '<br />');

      console.log(currval);

        $(this).html('<textarea  name="'+newid+'" id="'+newid+'" value=""
         class="form-control">'+currval+'</textarea>');  
      });

    $(this).css("display", "none");
    savebtn.css("display", "inline-block");
  });

  $(".saveShipAddBtn").on("click", function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    var elink   = $(this).prev(".editShipAdd");
    var datasets = $('.shipping-address-table>tbody>tr td').find(".datainfo");
    datasets.each(function(){
      var newid   = $(this).attr("id");
      var einput  = $("#"+newid+"-form");
      var newval  = einput.val().replace(/\r?\n/g, '<br />');
      console.log(newval);
      einput.remove();
      $(this).html(newval);
    });
     $(this).css("display", "none");
    elink.css("display", "inline-block");
    });

To see the problem, I have created a fiddle here demo

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5743

Answers (1)

Jaqen H&#39;ghar
Jaqen H&#39;ghar

Reputation: 16804

  1. To get line breaks use $(this).html() instead of $(this).text().

  2. To use the line breaks inside the textarea replace the <br> with &#013;&#010; which is the ASCII equivalent.

This line:

var currval = $(this).text().replace(/\r?\n/g, '<br />');

Should be:

var currval = $(this).html().replace(/<br> ?/g, '&#013;&#010;');

Updated JSFiddle

Upvotes: 6

Related Questions