newline doesn't work in LabelField

Question

I'm very confused. I've created a global variable:

public LabelField title2 = new LabelField("", 
    LabelField.ELLIPSIS | DrawStyle.HCENTER| LabelField.USE_ALL_WIDTH |
    Field.FIELD_VCENTER | LabelField.USE_ALL_HEIGHT);

...

title2.setText("blablablablablabla\nblablabalba");

But when i'm trying to show this text on device's display i see only one line instead of two.

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but if i'm using

add(new LabelField("Line1\nLine2"));

it works properly. Does anyone have a solution?

What's your OS version/level? – rlb.usa Mar 03 '11 at 20:24 — rlb.usa, Mar 03 '11 at 20:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '11 at 20:26

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Can you try skipping LabelField.ELLIPSIS to see if that makes any difference?

answered Mar 03 '11 at 20:26

Bala R

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Oh man, you make my day. Thanks a lot. Sorry for the stupid question. – Alexey Mar 04 '11 at 07:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 11 '12 at 13:28

\n NEWLINE characters are not supported in LabelFields on OS 4.5.

They are supported in OS 5.0.

I do not have 4.6 & 4.7 environments setup on my machine to test with.

I just wanted to update this page for future search purposes, since I had the same problem as original poster and his answer was not working for me.

newline doesn't work in LabelField

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