jQuery textarea append newline behavior
Solution 1:
Not sure how you are setting the textarea content, but if you use the jQuery val
method, \n
works consistently in Firefox and IE (Including IE8):
var txt = $("textarea#idhere");
txt.val( txt.val() + "\nSomething here\n\nAgain");
Causes the textarea to display:
Existing content
and linebreaks if any.
Something hereAgain
You can see a demo here that works in FF and IE8: Demo | Source