Hmm. You could write your own JSF component or you could try my suggested solution from before and manually escape HTML entities!
Or you know, you could use the HTML <pre> tag. Regards, Jakob 2010/2/22 laredotornado <[email protected]> > > I am printing back text the user entered so there is no guarantee that they > will enter it in a particular format. > > This can't be that hard ... replacing "\n" with HTML-recognizable <BR> > tags. > Surprisingly, Google is coming up empty on this one. Any additional help > is > appreciated, - Dave > > > > > > struberg wrote: > > > > why not use <ul> and <li> elements and later format your output via CSS? > > > > LieGrue, > > strub > > > > --- laredotornado <[email protected]> schrieb am Mo, 22.2.2010: > > > >> Von: laredotornado <[email protected]> > >> Betreff: Re: How to elegantly replace line breaks with <BR> tag? > >> An: [email protected] > >> Datum: Montag, 22. Februar, 2010 19:34 Uhr > >> > >> Will JSF escape the "<BR/>" and make it > >> "<BR/>"? I still want other > >> "HTML" characters like "&" and "<" escaped. > >> > >> - Dave > >> > >> > >> > >> Jakob Korherr wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > You can provide a special getter method in your > >> managed bean for that > >> > (something like getResultWithLineBreaks()) and replace > >> "\n" with "<br />" > >> > in > >> > the return value of method. Then you have to change > >> your t:outputText > >> > component to: > >> > > >> > <t:outputText > >> value="#{currentRow.resultWithLineBreaks}" escape="false" > >> /> > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > Jakob > >> > > >> > 2010/2/22 laredotornado <[email protected]> > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> I'm using MyFaces 1.1.5 with Tomahawk 1.1.7 (Java > >> 1.5, Resin, 3.0.19). > >> >> Is > >> >> there a way in JSF where I can replace the "\n" > >> (chr(13) carriage return > >> >> character) with the "<BR/>" tag in my > >> outputText block? Right now I have > >> >> > >> >> <t:outputText value="#{currentRow.result}" > >> /> > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, - Dave > >> >> -- > >> >> View this message in context: > >> >> > >> > http://old.nabble.com/How-to-elegantly-replace-line-breaks-with-%3CBR%3E-tag--tp27690198p27690198.html > >> >> Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive > >> at Nabble.com. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://old.nabble.com/How-to-elegantly-replace-line-breaks-with-%3CBR%3E-tag--tp27690198p27692067.html > >> Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at > >> Nabble.com. > >> > >> > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz > > gegen Massenmails. > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/How-to-elegantly-replace-line-breaks-with-%3CBR%3E-tag--tp27690198p27692517.html > Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
