How to set text including new line character in storyboard

Question

Want to replace "\n" with new line character

<VisualState x:Name="Snapped">
    <Storyboard>
        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Text" Storyboard.TargetName="textBlock">
            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Here is my text.\nThis is new line"/>
    </Storyboard>
</VisualState>

The output text is: Here is my text.\nThis is new line
without new line character.

P.S.: If this value can be filled with the string in resource file that would be a great..!! Either way will help me out but later one is good approach.

Read this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/183406/xaml-newline-in-string-attribute — Jerry Nixon, Jan 16 '13 at 14:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '13 at 17:33

2

Sure thing...

Value="Here is my text.&#10;This is new line"

Hope this helps.

answered Jan 15 '13 at 17:33

Chris W.

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Is there a way to set this value from resource file like `x:Uid`? – Inder Kumar Rathore Jan 15 '13 at 17:35
You just want to store a string and apply like `Value="{StaticResource BlahText}"` instead? Making sure I understand lol. – Chris W. Jan 15 '13 at 17:37
The text is stored in `.resw` file not in standard resource – Inder Kumar Rathore Jan 15 '13 at 17:45
So, are you just looking for something like http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694557.aspx – Chris W. Jan 16 '13 at 06:31
Yes.. I know how to set `x:Uid` but don't know how to set in storyboard – Inder Kumar Rathore Jan 16 '13 at 08:11

Jerry Nixon · Answer 2 · 2013-01-17T18:40:25.803

This works:

<TextBlock FontSize="20">

    <TextBlock.Resources>
        <Storyboard x:Name="MyStory">
            <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MyLine1"
                    Storyboard.TargetProperty="Text">
                <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="New Line 1" />
            </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
            <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MyLine2" 
                    Storyboard.TargetProperty="Text">
                <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="New Line 2" />
            </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
        </Storyboard>
    </TextBlock.Resources>

    <TextBlock.Inlines>
        <Run x:Name="MyLine1" Text="Original Line 1" />
        <LineBreak />
        <Run x:Name="MyLine2" Text="Original Line 2" />
    </TextBlock.Inlines>

</TextBlock>

You could also try something like this without the LineBreak.

<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="New Line 1&#x0a;" />

How to set text including new line character in storyboard

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