New lines in Jasper Reports?

Question

I've just started using Jasper Reports to generate reports from data retrieved using Hibernate. Everything is working, except JR doesn't seem to respect newline characters (\n) in text fields. Is there a way to force line breaks at newline characters?

Answer 1

Try this: set the isStyledTex to true (tick it).

Than, when you whant to break the line:

text + "<br/>" + newLineText

Hope it helps you.

Answer 2

hasn't isStyledText attribute been deprecated for 3.0.0+? is there any option other than that?

Answer 3

If you use iReport, you can select the static text area. In the right column you will find the properties of that object. Under "Static text properties -> Text" you will find your text. Click onto the button [...] so that a window opens where you can enter your text including line breaks.