WPF Textblock, linebreak in Text attribute

Question

Is there a way to have \n make a line break in a TextBlock?

<TextBlock Text="line1\nLine2" />

Or is there a better way to force a middle line break, inside the Text attribute?

<LineBreak />

This doesn't work for me, it needs to be the value of the Text attribute, because the text string is being set from an outside source.

I'm familiar with LineBreak but it's not the answer I'm looking for.

in xaml you have to use control characters , if you want to use the \n character it only works from code behind txtBlock.Text = "line1\nline2"; — JJ_Coder4Hire, Sep 04 '18 at 23:27

Paul Alexander · Answer 1 · 2011-02-15T22:01:36.733

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Try this:

<TextBlock>
    line1
    <LineBreak />
    line2
</TextBlock>

edited Feb 15 '11 at 22:01

answered May 07 '09 at 22:24

Paul Alexander

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Haven't tried this directly but off the top of my head you could try xml:space="preserve" and then embed the line break in the Text property directly. – Paul Alexander May 07 '09 at 22:39
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Capitalization matters. It's . – sourcenouveau Nov 30 '10 at 18:56

score 123 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 16 '15 at 14:38

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I know this is ressurecting an old question, but I had the same problem. The solution for me was to use HTML encoded line feeds (&#10;).

Line1&amp;#10;Line2

Looks like

Line1
Line2

For more of the HTML encoded characters check out w3schools

edited Dec 16 '15 at 14:38

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answered Oct 28 '09 at 16:05

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@Knasterbax if the text is specified as the content between `` and `` then yeah, you'll need ``. ` ` works inside the `Text` attribute: `` – Roman Starkov Dec 18 '14 at 00:22
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" " worked for me. I did not need the "&" as mentioned though. This method will also work when setting the text like so: – EdwardM Jun 25 '18 at 17:24
The "outside source" should rather use Environment.NewLine. – The incredible Jan Aug 12 '22 at 08:03

score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 24 '13 at 05:06

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The easiest way is

<TextBlock> blabla <LineBreak /> coucou <LineBreak /> coucou 2 </TextBlock>

So you just write XAML code, and the <LineBreak /> has exactly the same meaning the
in HTML or the "\n" in C#.

edited Jan 24 '13 at 05:06

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answered Jan 09 '13 at 03:33

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Duplicate answer to Paul Alexander's. – vapcguy Jul 18 '16 at 19:27

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered May 07 '09 at 22:23

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<LineBreak/>

http://www.longhorncorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/XamlLineBreak06092005152257PM/XamlLineBreak.aspx

answered May 07 '09 at 22:23

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Scott I don't understand your comment. – jcollum May 11 '09 at 15:26
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The problem is that doesn't work on Windows XP. It may also have something to do with the .NET version installed. There are no exceptions and no errors other than the visual elements don't display correctly. – Charles Dec 15 '09 at 21:29
@Charles If the problem was the .NET version why didn't you just install an update? I don't care about old libraries if you can update them without any trouble. – The incredible Jan Aug 12 '22 at 07:44

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered May 29 '14 at 22:12

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<LineBreak/> will not work if it is inside a collection such as Grid or StackPanel. In such cases the following would work as shown:

LineBreak inside a collection

answered May 29 '14 at 22:12

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I tried this as the content for a RadioButton. Everything seemed to work fine until I ran the program on Windows 7. On windows 7 the button was centered vertically between the two lines. Windows 10 aligns the button top the top by default. While Windows 10 would honor the VerticalContentAlignment property, Windows 7 ignores it. I had to use the LineBreak solution. – mrfelis Feb 14 '18 at 16:35
@mrfelis How can a button get between 2 text blocks that are it's content? And why did you even use this solution here? A RadioButton is no collection, is it? Could you please show your code? – The incredible Jan Aug 12 '22 at 07:54
@TheincredibleJan It has been 4 years, so no, I don't have the code. It probably looked something like this: `Line 1Line 2Line 3`. I also don't have a Windows 7 machine to test with either, but I would presume that on Windows 7, the button always aligned with 'Line 2' regardless of any alignment settings – mrfelis Aug 30 '22 at 12:54

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered May 08 '09 at 00:13

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How about breaking the line into two tags?

<StackPanel>
    <TextBlock Text="Line1" />
    <TextBlock Text="Line2" />
</StackPanel>

answered May 08 '09 at 00:13

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radu florescu · Answer 7 · 2017-08-19T07:02:35.730

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Correct way to use it may be the following :

<TextBlock>  
    <Span>text1</Span>  
    <LineBreak/>  
    <Span>text2</Span>  
</TextBlock>

edited Aug 19 '17 at 07:02

answered Apr 10 '12 at 14:15

radu florescu

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Aside from the fact that that doesn't answer the question (outside source) - what's "more correct" with Span than without? – The incredible Jan Aug 12 '22 at 08:07
@TheincredibleJan You are writing a comment that is not related to the content. And you might overlook that was a solution for 2017 not 2022. – radu florescu Mar 04 '23 at 18:32

score 6 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 13 '21 at 22:35

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The Best way that worked for me for multiple lines in the same Textblock is:

<TextBlock>  
    text1  
    <LineBreak/>  
    text2  
</TextBlock>

Make sure to not use TextWrapping="Wrap". Use TextWrapping="NoWrap" or use nothing.

answered Jan 13 '21 at 22:35

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Just a duplicate... – The incredible Jan Aug 12 '22 at 07:55

score 5 · Answer 9 · edited Aug 31 '12 at 13:12

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  <HyperlinkButton 
        Content="Apply and restart this pplication!&#10;&#13;Note that modifying these settings requires the application to be restarted."   />

CRLF simple way = !


!
 - Work on all wpf, xaml, silverlight controls like TextBlock, HyperlinkText and more

edited Aug 31 '12 at 13:12

answered Aug 31 '12 at 08:24

user1551704

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(go fix your other answer and flag for it to be undeleted) – Aug 31 '12 at 13:13

score 5 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 10 '13 at 20:43

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If you are binding TextBlock's Text, none of the other answers work. Simply add '\n' to the binding text to where you want to break.

answered Mar 10 '13 at 20:43

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Welcor · Answer 11 · 2020-06-28T10:38:12.627

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this &#10; did not work for me, when I used binding. But this works:

$"first line {Environment.NewLine} second line"

edited Jun 28 '20 at 10:38

answered Jun 25 '20 at 15:34

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 26 '14 at 06:46

I'm late to the party but .. this is more or less how I did it ,(mind my ItemSources are plain strings, not formatted , and I didn't need to 'convertBack' anything)

public class SpaceToLineBreakConverter : IValueConverter
{   
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {            
        return (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(value as string)) 
        ? new Regex(@"\s").Replace(value as string, "\n") 
        : value;            
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter,System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Feb 08 '19 at 14:38

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This also works fine:

<TextBlock>
    <Run Text="My nice text"/>
    <LineBreak/>
    <LineBreak/>
    <Run Text="After some linebreaks, I'm back!"/>
</TextBlock>

answered Feb 08 '19 at 14:38

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score 2 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 04 '12 at 12:58

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just use the AccessText control. you can use it like a label and you have the property TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"

eg.

Mine is like that and it's working fine. Also, you don't have any problems on changing the text dinamically.

answered Dec 04 '12 at 12:58

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score 2 · Answer 15 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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I was having a similar problem and wanted to bind a String of xaml markup to a TextBlock. Essentialy storing the declarative markup inside a TextBlock in a string for later use.

This is how I did: I subclassed the TextBlock to make the InlineCollection bindable and wrote a Converter between the string and an InlineCollection(or actually a generic list of Inlines.)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Apr 08 '11 at 09:23

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score 2 · Answer 16 · edited Sep 29 '21 at 10:17

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This also works fine.

Using this method we can modify the text properties in each line as we required.

<TextBlock>
    <StackPanel>
        <TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" >My Text One</TextBlock>
        <TextBlock FontFamily="Times New Roman" FontStyle="Italic">
            - My Text Two
        </TextBlock>
    </StackPanel>
</TextBlock>

edited Sep 29 '21 at 10:17

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answered Sep 27 '21 at 05:24

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"outside source" – The incredible Jan Aug 12 '22 at 08:09

WPF Textblock, linebreak in Text attribute

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