When a text field is submitted, line breaks are stored as standard line
break characters (i.e., "\n"). When you then insert the stored text into
HTML, the line breaks will be included in the HTML, but browsers ignore
line breaks when rendering (i.e., they are treated as single spaces). If
you want to convert text line breaks to HTML line breaks (i.e., <br />
elements), you have to do so explicitly -- for example:
{{=XML(lead.f_description.replace('\n', '<br />'), sanitize=True)}}
Wrapping the string in XML() is necessary to prevent the web2py template
engine from escaping the <br /> elements, and sanitize=True keeps XML()
safe from insecure code that might be injected into the submitted text.
Anthony
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:33:50 AM UTC-4, Spring wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> I have defined a 'text' field in the table. The content consists of
> multiple paragraphs, when displayed in the view the content squeezes into a
> single line. It seems all 'enter' in original text was replaced by a
> "space". How can I display the text as paragraphs as it is input? Thanks
> for any replay.
>
> related piece of code:
>
> #Model
> db.define_table('t_leads',
> Field('f_owner', type='string',
> label=T('Owner')),
> Field('f_location', type='string',
> label=T('Location')),
> Field('f_status', type='string',
> label=T('Status')),
> Field('f_description', type='text',
> label=T('Description')),
> auth.signature,
>
> format='%(f_lead_designation)s',
> migrate=settings.migrate)
>
>
> #View
> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">{{=lead.f_description}}</td>
>
>
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