Sometimes, we want to add line breaks to an HTML textarea with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to add line breaks to an HTML textarea with JavaScript.
How to add line breaks to an HTML textarea with JavaScript?
To add line breaks to an HTML textarea with JavaScript, we add '\r\n'
at the end of the string.
For instance, we write
const txtArea = document.getElementById("txtDebug");
txtArea.value += text + "\r\n";
to select the text area with getElementById
.
And then we append "\r\n"
after text
to add a new line after text
and set that as the value
of the text area.
Conclusion
To add line breaks to an HTML textarea with JavaScript, we add '\r\n'
at the end of the string.