output.value to file not adding new line break when using \n or \r\n

Question

I have tried using both \n and \r\n however, the exported file does not contain the line break. Any idea what I am missing?

I would like the text to return as:

indexname_text
indextype_text

Below is my code

<!-- Button to download -->
<button type="button" class="button" id="dwn-btn" style="vertical-align:middle">Download as .bat file</button>

document.getElementById("dwn-btn").addEventListener("click", function () {
var copyIndexNameField = document.getElementById("indexName");
var copyIndexName = document.getElementById("indexName");
var copyIndexTypeField = document.getElementById("IndexTypeCheckBox");
var copyIndexType = document.getElementById("IndexTypeTextBox");
var output = document.getElementById("output");
if (copyIndexNameField.value) {
    indexname_text += "--index-name " + copyIndexName.value + " ";
}
if (copyIndexTypeField.checked) {
    indextype_text += "--index-type " + copyIndexType.value;
}
output.value = 
    + indexname_text
    + "\n"
    + indextype_text;
var text = document.getElementById("output").value;
var filename = "export.bat";
download(filename, text);

function download(filename, text) {
var element = document.createElement('a');
element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(text));
element.setAttribute('download', filename);
element.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(element);
element.click();
document.body.removeChild(element);

This looks like javascript, not java. In an HTML document, use `
` for a line break. — geocodezip, Nov 24 '20 at 21:51
@Kaiido, The button downloads a file named (export.bat) with the input values. — Ted Lin, Nov 25 '20 at 14:55
Looks like you are putting that text in an `` element. Not sure `
` or `\n` or `\r` will work there. You might need to make it a ``. — geocodezip, Nov 25 '20 at 15:37
I asked you to show us the definition of that function. We need to see the code. — Kaiido, Nov 25 '20 at 22:32
@Kaiido sorry for the delay as I was was working on another project. I have updated my code with the code for the button. Apologize as I am new to this. — Ted Lin, Dec 01 '20 at 21:49
For the third time, We need to see the definition of the `dowload` function. The part in your code where there is `function download(arg1,arg2){ ...}`. — Kaiido, Dec 01 '20 at 23:40
@Kaiido "the exported file does not contain the line break."... — Daniel_Knights, Dec 01 '20 at 23:51
@Daniel_Knights I assume they mean when read as text not when executed. But you could be right actually, this question doesn't miss unclarity. — Kaiido, Dec 02 '20 at 00:39
@Kaiido Daniel_Knights is correct. The function downloads a batch file. I have added that function download. I hope that is what you are looking for. — Ted Lin, Dec 03 '20 at 18:13

output.value to file not adding new line break when using \n or \r\n

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