how to break the line in value of input field

Question

I am trying to put some more data into value part of an input. but I want those strings to have line break.

<input type="text" value="text break text"/>

I want the value to be shown:

text 
text

how can I do this? I am trying to add this with template engine of django, but django doesnot have it.

appreciate any help

You need a textarea. Text input fields do not show linefeeds — mplungjan, Apr 28 '13 at 04:34
Why would you want an element to be shown in two lines, when it is functionally a control for single-line input? — Jukka K. Korpela, Apr 28 '13 at 06:21

Aleksei Zyrianov · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-28T04:53:02.780

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I guess, you need to use <textarea /> instead of <input type="text" /> field. To break the lines, just use the normal line break like this:

<textarea>
    Line 1
    Line 2
</textarea>

You may find more about <textarea/> in HTML 4.01 specification.

edited Apr 28 '13 at 04:53

answered Apr 28 '13 at 04:34

Aleksei Zyrianov

okay, what would then be the solution? ``\n`` ? – doniyor Apr 28 '13 at 04:35
@doniyor Yes, the normal line break. I've edited my answer to clarify that. – Aleksei Zyrianov Apr 28 '13 at 04:39
``
`` did the job in textarea. – doniyor Apr 28 '13 at 04:41
@doniyor Hmm... That's strange. `
` didn't work in my tests, while normal `\n` did. – Aleksei Zyrianov Apr 28 '13 at 04:44
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@Alexey [Please don't link to w3schools.](http://w3fools.com/) – michaelb958--GoFundMonica Apr 28 '13 at 04:45
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@michaelb958 Thanks, now I know that. Replacing with a reference to W3C specification. – Aleksei Zyrianov Apr 28 '13 at 04:51

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