Newline in string attribute

user_93 0
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How can I add a line break to text when it is being set as an attribute i.e.:

<TextBlock Text="Stuff on line1 \n Stuff on line2" />

Breaking it out into the exploded format isn't an option for my particular situation. What I need is some way to emulate the following:

<TextBlock>
  <TextBlock.Text>
    Stuff on line1 <LineBreak/>
    Stuff on line2
  </TextBlock.Text>
<TextBlock/>
xaml
13 Answers
<TextBlock Text="Stuff on line1&#x0a;Stuff on line 2"/>

You can use any hexadecimally encoded value to represent a literal. In this case, I used the line feed (char 10). If you want to do "classic" vbCrLf, then you can use &#x0d;&#x0a;

By the way, note the syntax: It's the ampersand, a pound, the letter x, then the hex value of the character you want, and then finally a semi-colon.

ALSO: For completeness, you can bind to a text that already has the line feeds embedded in it like a constant in your code behind, or a variable constructed at runtime.

Bob_King_68970

Note that to do this you need to do it in the Text attribute you cannot use the content like

<TextBlock>Stuff on line1&#x0a;Stuff on line 2</TextBlock>
Admin1 
<TextBlock>
    Stuff on line1 <LineBreak/>
    Stuff on line2
</TextBlock>

not that it's important to know but what you specify between the TextBlock tags is called inline content and goes into the TextBlock.Inlines property which is a InlineCollection and contains items of type Inline. Subclasses of Inline are Run and LineBreak, among others. see TextBlock.Inlines

user_8297550

Also doesn't work with 

<TextBlock><TextBlock.Text>NO USING ABOVE TECHNIQUE HERE</TextBlock.Text>

No big deal, just needed to use 

<TextBlock Text="Cool &#x0a;Newline trick" />

instead.

user_1499100

Code behind solution

private void Button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    System.Text.StringBuilder myStringBuilder = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
    myStringBuilder.Append("Orange").AppendLine();
    myStringBuilder.Append("").AppendLine();
    myStringBuilder.Append("Apple").AppendLine();
    myStringBuilder.Append("Banana").AppendLine();
    myStringBuilder.Append("").AppendLine();
    myStringBuilder.Append("Plum").AppendLine();
    TextBox1.Text = myStringBuilder.ToString();
}
user_130759150
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