# Multiline textinput, \\n does not work

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/multiline-textinput-n-does-not-work/15484
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [January 27, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/multiline-textinput-n-does-not-work/15484 "2018-01-27T14:28:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![rollke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/rollke/32/14413_2.png) [@rollke](https://community.thunkable.com/u/rollke)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/multiline-textinput-n-does-not-work/15484/1 "2018-01-27T14:28:51Z")

</div>

Hi,  
in my app I tried an output with more than one line.

- With Textinput elements that does not work.

- In Label elements it works, but the “new line” character \n does not work.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/multiline-textinput-n-does-not-work/15484/2 "2018-01-27T20:39:28Z")

</div>

Are you typing \n into the actual textbox? What do your blocks look like??

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Danny\_Smoka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Danny\_Smoka](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Danny_Smoka)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/multiline-textinput-n-does-not-work/15484/3 "2018-06-16T21:44:42Z")

</div>

Here Is A Solution.

> [@\[Solved\] New line workaround for Thunkable X](http://community.thunkable.com/t/new-line-thunkable-x-ios/31880):
>
> I Finally After A Week Or So Trying To Figure Out How To Make A New Line In A Label I Figured It Out By Myself. I’m Having A Guess Someone Else Figured Out This By This Method But I Just Figured It Out Through Tons Of Trial And Error. And Today I’m Going To Share To Everyone The One Thing That Probably Many New Members To Thunkable Have Been Wondering How To Do And That Is Creating A New Line In A Label, Text Input. So What I Did Was Created A Tag / Entry In Firebase And Named It br Then Set …

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/multiline-textinput-n-does-not-work/15484/4 "2024-11-08T12:02:26Z")

</div>


