I have an app in which users can fill out a form and then that form is
displayed in a view. The form has many fields, several of which are free
form text boxes, where type is 'text'. Specifically my db table is called
'sites' and a field related to my question is 'other', in which a user
might enter a long description of information not captured in any of the
fields of the form. Currently, to display the field in my view, I am just
using:
{{if len(site.other) > 0:}}
<h4> Miscellaneous "Other"</h4>
<p>{{=site.other}}</p>
{{pass}}
The text is being displayed in one long string. New lines (returns) that
the user entered in the form are not reflected in the output. I don't know
much about html, but I do know that in general it ignores new lines (you
have to use a tag like <br> to get a new line), but how can I display the
text the user entered into the form and have the new lines displayed? Some
users have also done indentation to display a list of items with asterisks
for bullets, so preferably that would render also. An example might be:
We expect applicants to do the following
* show up on time
* dress professionally
* complete all tasks in a timely fashion
I am currently not using a CSS style sheet, but I suspect that might be
part of the solution. Thus far, my view just has the default:
{{extend 'layout.html'}}
at the top and then my fields.
Basically I want the functionality that this form that I'm filling out
right now has, my text will be rendered with new lines and indentations
just as I've typed them into this text box (note I don't need the fancy
code formating and all of the cool things I can do in this form).
Thanks
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