How to make line break work in inbox by gmail using mailto?

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I am trying to open mailto link in new tab which will automatically compose mail with dynamic data. It's work completely fine with other mail client except "Inbox by Gmail". Could you please help me with this.

mailto:x@y.com?body=FirstLine \r\n Second Line \r\n Third Line

Yes, My whole message body converted to single line :FirstLine Second Line Third Line https://inbox.google.com/ — Rahul2790, Oct 27 '16 at 05:52
What I am asking is - Do you want to open Gmail on web browser and then open compose with those text? or do you want desktop based mail application to open a new message with these texts? — Veer Shrivastav, Oct 27 '16 at 05:55
I want to open Inbox by Gmail on web browser and then open compose with those text — Rahul2790, Oct 27 '16 at 05:56
Could you please check below screenshot? http://screencast.com/t/qjXu2DwQy0Y — Rahul2790, Oct 27 '16 at 05:59
Thats not possible.! It can only be done if you use any JavaScript API provided by Gmail. And I believe that is not there. Yes, but I guess this should work fine with normal desktop based application. — Veer Shrivastav, Oct 27 '16 at 06:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '16 at 06:13

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Check that your UrlEncode method really translates newlines into "%0a". Here's an example of a 2-line email body:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&ui=2&tf=0&fs=1&to=WHOEVER%40COMPANY.COM&su=SUBJECTHERE&body=LINE1%0aLINE2

answered Oct 27 '16 at 06:13

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I am using "Inbox by gmail" that is https://inbox.google.com/ Could you please check below screenshot? http://screencast.com/t/qjXu2DwQy0Y – Rahul2790 Oct 27 '16 at 06:15
What happens when you use `mailto:x@y.com?body=LINE1%0aLINE2` ? – mrid Oct 27 '16 at 06:23
Same result as mentioned in above screenshot – Rahul2790 Oct 27 '16 at 06:24
Any other solution? – Rahul2790 Oct 27 '16 at 09:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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Please check with this,

Insert a line break in mailto body

I had tried this and it is working, I think it is work for you.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Oct 27 '16 at 06:27

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How to make line break work in inbox by gmail using mailto?

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