# Perspective Line Breaks in text label/markdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [October 7, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715 "2021-10-07T18:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![laurie.croteau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@laurie.croteau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/laurie.croteau)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/1 "2021-10-07T18:23:11Z")
How to do line breaks in a text label in Perspective? I try to replace “\n” by “\< b\>”(without space) in a script transform but it didn’t work, the is showing and doesn’t create a line break. I try Markdown component too but I have the same issue, I can’t have line break. ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/2 "2021-10-07T18:31:12Z")
You will need to use a markdown component, the proper element however is `
` Also, ensure you have set the escapeHtml property false. ---
**Author:** ![laurie.croteau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@laurie.croteau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/laurie.croteau)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/3 "2021-10-07T18:48:56Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/2/d27ee0bfc9c76c5f6f0548d39e72c078a8b18557.png) I have set the escapeHtml property false and add `
` at the end of the line but do I need to do it in a script transform? ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/4 "2021-10-07T19:02:21Z")
If the text is changing then you would need to do this in a transform. If it is static then there wouldn’t be a need to do it in a script. ---
**Author:** ![laurie.croteau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@laurie.croteau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/laurie.croteau)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/5 "2021-10-07T19:06:30Z")
Ok thanks I understand that part! But right now my Markdown as a Component Error, do you understand why? ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/6 "2021-10-07T20:57:03Z")
You need to also indicate where the html starts. Put in opening and closing html tags: ```auto Your Text
should go here ``` Note that you can not have any new lines in your text or this will also result in a component error. ---
**Author:** ![zacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/7 "2021-10-07T21:27:29Z")
`
` may work, but I’ve always used `
` (no forward slash). This might be part of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/8 "2021-10-08T00:15:03Z")
The official short tag is `
`. ---
**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/9 "2021-10-08T06:30:50Z")
you can also do this in labels/buttons ect. look here and the quote i did there. > [@New Feature: Perspective Tooltips](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-feature-perspective-tooltips/49630/28): > > ah in a binding, you should be able to do that with a triple " (it will copy the tabs too tho so dont put a tab on the new line) multiLinestring=""" some multi line string""" return multiLinestring ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/10 "2024-02-15T08:12:19Z")
> [@lrose](#): > > `Your Text
should go here` @lrose can you correct me what i am doing wrong in this script ```auto if len(tag_check_neagtive) > 0: i = 0 confirm = False negative_message = 'This chart is unavailable for string type data. Please unselect the tags listed below from the Tag Tree Browser.' for y in tag_check_neagtive: negative_message += '
' + str(tag_check_neagtive[i]) i += 1 system.perspective.openPopup("Warning", "test", {"message": negative_message}, "Error", modal=True, showCloseIcon=True, draggable=False, resizable=False) ``` output i am getting This chart is unavailable for string type data. Please unselect the tags listed below from the Tag Tree Browser. [MQTT Engine]Edge Nodes//Electricity/Valid From but i want output This chart is unavailable for string type data. Please unselect the tags listed below from the Tag Tree Browser. [MQTT Engine]Edge Nodes//Electricity/Valid From tag in next line ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/11 "2024-02-15T08:48:03Z")
I can't see any difference between what you're getting and your wanted output. Can you edit your post to clarify? ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/12 "2024-02-15T09:01:59Z")
> [@prasath.t](#): > > This chart is unavailable for string type data. Please unselect the tags listed below from the Tag Tree Browser. > [MQTT Engine]Edge Nodes//Electricity/Valid From sorry i am getting output like this without line break This chart is unavailable for string type data. Please unselect the tags listed below from the Tag Tree Browser.[MQTT Engine]Edge Nodes//Electricity/Valid From but i want This chart is unavailable for string type data. Please unselect the tags listed below from the Tag Tree Browser - single line and tag in another line [MQTT Engine]Edge Nodes//Electricity/Valid From final output there should be break inbetween This chart is unavailable for string type data. Please unselect the tags listed below from the Tag Tree Browser [MQTT Engine]Edge Nodes//Electricity/Valid From ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/13 "2024-02-15T09:11:18Z")
Have you got these settings set correctly? `markdown.escapeHtml : false` `markdown.skipHtml : false` ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/14 "2024-02-15T11:47:41Z")
> [@prasath.t](#): > > ```auto > for y in tag_check_neagtive: > negative_message += '
' + str(tag_check_neagtive[i]) > i += 1 > > ``` There's no need for this tag\_check\_neagtive[i], this is your `y`. No need to use i at all ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/15 "2024-02-15T12:17:47Z")
I have used label previously. now changed it to markdown and disbaled the settings what u given working now thanks ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/16 "2024-02-15T12:20:19Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/5/35a26516fb1f2cf5ad779f0a52a6103bf0d7d83e.png) its automatically giving underline to mqqt/engine any way to remove it? ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/17 "2024-02-15T12:47:53Z")
Try using the preformatted HTML syntax, `
...
`. ```auto Welcome to _Markdown_ 
[MQTT Engine]Edge Nodes/
``` with `markdown.escapeHtml : false` `markdown.skipHtml : false` ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/18 "2024-02-15T12:58:11Z")
You need to escape the bracket characters. You can use the \ tag as @transistor shows but that changes the formatting, which means you might need to provide additional styling. What is the actual type held in the `tag_check_negative` list. I see you're converting it to a string, does that mean its actually a list of TagPath objects? How are you obtaining the list? ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/19 "2024-02-15T13:01:45Z")
yes its tagpath so only i converting to str ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715/20 "2024-02-15T13:06:05Z")
like this? `negative_message += '
' + str(tag_check_neagtive[i]) + '
'` its not working same underline is showing [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-line-breaks-in-text-label-markdown/51715.md?page=2)