I don't know why '\n' new line is not working

Question

My controller code is as follows -

       for(String resStr : responseArray){
            if(resStr.indexOf('r_error_str') != -1){
                responseString += resStr.substring(resStr.indexOf('=') + 1); 
                responseString += '\n';
            }
        }

but when i display this 'responseString ' String using 'apex:outputLabel or apex:outputText or as Exception message '\n' is not converting in new line. Whole String is coming in one line.

Can anyone explain why is this happining

Answer 1

just use <br/> in controller and escape="false" in visualforce text.

Answer 2

The simple answer is using '\n' will not work in HTML elements as it is just basically white space, google your problem and you'll get lots of results.

Could you possibly 'repeat' in your VF on the responseArray?

Answer 3

  currentAddress = currentStreet;
        currentAddress += '\r\n';
        currentAddress += currentCity + + ' ' + currentState  + ' ' + currentZIP ;
        currentAddress += '\r\n';
        currentAddress += currentCountry;

using the '\r\n' works with outputtext .Please try same