Write breakline in HTML from JavaScript

Question

I have some JavaScript code that does some stuff, but at some point I need to do this:

$('#mySpan').text('Hello\nWorld');

Here is my HTML code:

<span id="mySpan"></span>

So I can finally get this:

Hello
World

The problem is that HTML is not detecting the breakline inserted from the JavaScript. I also tried this:

$('#mySpan').text('Hello<BR/>World');

But it doesn't work either.

How should I do it?

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-31 15:00:29Z

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What about

$('#mySpan').html('Hello<br/>World');

?

text only sets the text contents whereas html sets the HTML contents.

edited Dec 31, 2009 at 15:00

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Mohit Jain · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-31 12:47:58Z

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Use this

$('#mySpan').html('Hello<br/>World');

answered Dec 31, 2009 at 12:47

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kender · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-31 12:48:53Z

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Maybe use .append() instead of .text(), if should break the line with your <br /> properly.

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Sarfraz · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-31 12:58:51Z

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Why don't use try this initially on:

$('#mySpan').html('Hello<br />World');

edited Dec 31, 2009 at 12:58

answered Dec 31, 2009 at 12:48

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Sarfraz Over a year ago

I wonder what is wrong with above code, why down voting after i have corrected it?????????

Sarfraz Over a year ago

can any one who down votes explain his point please so that i could learn from them probably. thanks

lidermin Over a year ago

Sorry Sarfraz, I didn't see your post until I already marked resolved with the previous post, I don't know why you have that -1 ??? I'm new at the forum so I don't know well the rules yet. But thanks for your reply, it was also the right answer.

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