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c#silverlightwindows-phone-7textboxline-breaks
SevenDays
SevenDays

Reputation: 3768

Linebreak in TextBox

How can I get a linebreak in TextBox in WP7? I'm developing social-based app(like facebook) and if I set AcceptReturn=true, it gives me a visual(ui) linebreak, but when I send this text to the server I can see that there is no linebreak. Please help me with this problem. I've tried 

void whatsend_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Input.KeyEventArgs e) {
      if (e.Key == Key.Enter) {
        whatsend.Text +="\r";//or /n,
      }
    }

but with no success.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 14550

Answers (4)

FSystem
FSystem

Reputation: 83

just add below scope to xaml code:

AcceptsReturn="True" TextWrapping="Wrap"

something like this:

<TextBox x:Name="InputText" Height="200" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="456" TextAlignment="Center" TextWrapping="Wrap" AcceptsReturn="True"/>

Upvotes: 2

Ed Swangren
Ed Swangren

Reputation: 124790

Windows uses \r\n for line breaks, not \r, but that's irrelevant; use Environment.NewLine instead.

Also, per the docs:

true if the ENTER key creates a new line of text in a multiline version of the control; false if the ENTER key activates the default button for the form. The default is false.

Did you set MultiLine to true?

EDIT: Ahhh, WP7... here is an article I found which attempts to create a multi-line textbox in WP7.

Upvotes: 6

Gage
Gage

Reputation: 7513

Environment.NewLine if its the same as normal development.

Upvotes: 2

Bob Sammers
Bob Sammers

Reputation: 3290

I'm not familiar with WP7 but Windows in general uses "\r\n" (i.e. both chars one after the other) to signify a line break.

If you append both to your text, does it solve your problem?

Having said that, I'm surprised that typed line breaks are being removed from the textbox. When you say the text isn't viewable on the server, what do you mean? Is it that the text isn't sent to and / or recorded on the server or that your method of display on the server isn't showing it?

Upvotes: 0

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