Not really sure where jQuery would come in the equation, but "\n" is a linebreak in JavaScript and works inside an alert string
so var message = "Your Ticket# is: " + $(xml).find("rid").text() + "\nPlease make a note of it."; On Apr 28, 12:23 pm, "508!" <chriskgre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Just started getting into jQuery yesterday. Question: How can I place > line breaks in alert box text? > > [code] > > var message = ""; > message += "Your Ticket# is: " + $(xml).find("rid").text() + " > Please make a note of it."; > alert(message); > > [/code] > > The part, " Please make a note of it." I want on a new line.The usual > \n does not help in this case. > > Thanks for any help. > Chris