New line in JavaScript strings [duplicate]

Question

I've seen a few questions about how to add a new line in JavaScript strings. Most of them are suggesting to use \n. I tried that but the new line is not inserted on my HTML.

Instead I get the following:

<strong>This is the first line 
 This is the second line</strong>

This is my string:

var myString = "This is the first line \n This is the second line";

Example

Any idea on how I can get a
inserted on my HTML?

So, you want to do a new line in HTML or in js alert? First can be acheived by , second by \n — bksi
– bksi, Commented Aug 14, 2016 at 11:19

philipp · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-14 11:19:20Z

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If you want to have the new line in html you need some element like  . In fact, each block styled element will do, but   wont add any margin/padding by default, as f. i. a  or <h3> would. Anyway, breaking a line html requires any element, since "\n", "\t" and so on are ignored by the browser.

answered Aug 14, 2016 at 11:19

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Pointy Over a year ago

I realize this is pedantic, but it is Stackoverflow after all: the   tag in HTML does not need a self-closing /, though it doesn't hurt anything (because HTML parsers always accept but ignore the XML self-closing tag syntax).

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