New line (\n) doesn't work

[gabor53]

Hi,
I try to use the code below in a QMessageBox.

QString submit_warning;
 submit_warning = submit_warning + "<b><font size='16' color='red'>*Please add a picture of the Friend!\n</b></font>";

The text is displayed nicely, but the new line character is not working. It prints the next warning in the same line.
Please tell me what I did incorrectly.
Thank you.

[Paul Colby]

Going by memory (so I might be wrong)....

Short version: use a "<br>" instead.

Long version: QMessageBox::textFormat defaults to Qt::AutoText, which attempts to detect if you're using Qt::PlainText or Qt::RichText. I believe that "\n" works for PlaintText, while "<br>" works for RichText. And I'm guessing, your existing HTML markup (such as "<b>") will cause the detection to choose RichText.

Cheers.

[gabor53]

Thank you.