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I've just now updated the "label_test.bxml" file in "trunk" so it has a couple of these hard-coded newlines just as an example for others. To use it, navigate to the "tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests" directory and do: "java org.apache.pivot.wtk.ScriptApplication --src=.\label_test.bxml" ~Roger From: Erik Innocent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:35 AM To: user Subject: Re: How to express a newline in a Label within BXML? It works for me! The answer seems kind of obvious, in retrospect =) Thanks! --E On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Roger Whitcomb <[email protected]> wrote: So to set a newline in a bxml file you have to use the XML escape mechanism(s). That's all. For example: or 
 ~Roger Whitcomb Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2013, at 3:00 AM, Sandro Martini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Erik, > you have reason, currently I find multiline label samples only in > LabelTest.java class, I have to add a bxml version of it ... > Searching in our sources, I find other examples for multiline strings > (in bxml files), but for other components (TableView, and related > renderers), like: table_pane_test2.bxml, table_pane_test4.bxml ... but > these could be a starting point. Could you do some tests starting from > here ? > > Anyway this could be a BXMLSerializer issue (LabelSkin does the line > splitting if it finds the \n snside the label text , but as a single > char), so we have to verify it. > > Roger, what do you think ? > > Let's update. > > Bye > > 2013/8/22 Erik Innocent <[email protected]>: >> Thanks everyone for your help so far! I've yet another question. >> >> How do I place a newline in a Label's text in BXML? I see that in 2.0.3, >> Pivot began supporting text labels with hard newlines with the "\n" >> character >> (http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/pivot-commits/201301.mbox/%3C2 [email protected]%3E), >> but this seems only to work programmatically. >> >> As a workaround, I've tried the following things, which all fail: >> >> Placing "\n" as the value of the text attribute in the label in BXML. This >> shows up as "\n" in the application, and "\\n <file:///\\n> " when viewing the >> label.getText() result >> Using "\\n <file:///\\n> " as the value instead, in hopes that the double backslash might >> escape. It does not, and the label text appears as "\\n <file:///\\n> " in the app. >> Doing label.setText(label.getText()) with 'text="\n" in BXML'. Doesn't work >> because the "\n" is already escaped to "\\n <file:///\\n> ". I suppose I could do a replace >> of "\\" with "\" before setText(), but it seems inelegant to have to >> initialize all labels like this. >> >> Other than setting the label programmatically, any tips? Note that setting >> the value programmatically does work for me. I've got "wrapText:true" set in >> my tests. >> >> Thanks! >> --E >
