What the best way to get paragraphs in a WPF textblock? (newline chars?)

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I have some text which has "\r\n" newline markers. I would like to have the newlines in a WPF textblock. I've tried replacing "\r\n" with "& # 13;" (without the spaces), which worked when I set the Text property in XAML, but doesn't seem to work when setting from the C# code-behind.

So...what's the standard way to convert "\r\n" to newlines in a WPF textblock?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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Try these for a more WPF centric solution.

TextBlock.Inlines.Add(new Run("First"));
TextBlock.Inlines.Add(new LineBreak());
TextBlock.Inlines.Add(new Run("Second"));

See also : XAML based Answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Oct 13 '09 at 14:14

Ash

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 27 '11 at 16:23

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textBlock.Text = string.Format("One{0}Two", Environment.NewLine);

edited Sep 27 '11 at 16:23

answered Oct 13 '09 at 12:03

Kent Boogaart

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Maybe doesn't work with SL? Anyway, I misread your question - see my updated answer. It works with WPF - not sure about SL. – Kent Boogaart Oct 13 '09 at 13:37
Thx for your replies. I've chosen Ash's answer, being WPF centric and as such it seems like the best way to go. – MrGreggles Oct 14 '09 at 04:25

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '09 at 12:14

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When writing C# I always use "System.Environment.Newline" for the newline carriage return.

It means that you don't have to worry about character coding or what destination OS uses.

I have also found it to work on WPF GUI when called from the underlying .cs file.

answered Oct 13 '09 at 12:14

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Thanks for the reply. In this case I've gone with the WPF-centric solution. – MrGreggles Oct 14 '09 at 04:28

What the best way to get paragraphs in a WPF textblock? (newline chars?)

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