# How to Insert a Line Break in a String in Perspective

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**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [January 14, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-insert-a-line-break-in-a-string-in-perspective/21866 "2019-01-14T16:53:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-insert-a-line-break-in-a-string-in-perspective/21866/4 "2019-01-15T14:14:11Z")

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I don’t think it works the same in a label (someone from IA would need to confirm why), but is there a reason you can’t use the markdown component? Seems to be essentially a label / text area ?  
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