New Line Apex Trigger on Contact Page (Not Visualforce)

Question

For this trigger:

trigger CompileQuickNotes on Contact (before update) {
    for( Id accountId : Trigger.newMap.keySet() )
    {
        if( Trigger.oldMap.get( accountId ).Log_Notes__c != Trigger.newMap.get( accountId ).Log_Notes__c )
        {
            Contact c = Trigger.newMap.get(accountId);

            //add information into quick notes field (with time stamp)
            String note = c.Log_Notes__c;
            String log = c.Quick_Notes__c == null ? '' : c.Quick_Notes__c;
            c.Quick_Notes__c = log + '[' + DateTime.now() +']: ' + note + '\n';

            //clear log notes field
            c.Log_Notes__c = '';

        }
    }
}

New lines do not seem to register on the Contact Page. I read alot of solutions of how to do it within visual force, but I wanted to know if there is a solution for pure apex trigger and the Contact page. I've tried all the suggestions pertaining to visualforce with no avail.

Answer 1

Salesforce will strip trailing new lines from text fields, That would be easy to fix by starting the message on a new line instead of ending it with a new line.

Simply replace:

c.Quick_Notes__c = log + '[' + DateTime.now() +']: ' + note + '\n';

With:

c.Quick_Notes__c = log + '\n[' + DateTime.now() +']: ' + note;