what type of text field supports line breaks?

[Alex]

A quick question,

what type of text field supports line breaks?

I have a navigation list, I want to be able to break the text onto a second line where I choose.

I have been using a textarea field then changing the Inputfield Type to TinyMCE. Is there a better way where I don't get all the tinyMCE formatting options?

thanks

Alex

[diogo]

you can use Markdown or Textile: http://processwire.c...text-formatter/

or, if the only thing you want is the <br> where there is a new line; you can use "nl2br" on a regular text area: http://php.net/manua...ction.nl2br.php

<?php
echo nl2br($page->field);
?>

[apeisa]

Diogo is right. There is also textformatter for nl2br, so just use regular textarea and edit it details page and add "Newlines to XHTML line breaks" textformatter. You probably need to install the required module first: Newlines to XHTML Line Breaks

[diogo]

Ha!! Didn't know that one

The module is not active by default. And there is also a Newlines to Unordered List

handy!

edit: why aren't they active by default?

[Alex]

Thanks guys, nice to know about these little extra features.

I will play with this over the weekend.