Notifier Multi-line messages

[Andweeb]

Hello, I just converted my app inventor 1 project to app inventor 2. The tool worked excellent, so thanks. 

However I found that in app inventor 2 the "\n" switch is ignored in Notifier message text. It just displays a space instead of creating a new line. I used notifier in ai1 to display a quick How-To guide but now in ai2 it's all mooshed into one giant paragraph. 

the "\n" switch worked fine in notifier for ai1, why doesn't it work in ai2 now? 

Andrew

[SteveJG]

The \n control character also works in AI2 to skip a line.   Not sure what you are doing, \n\n will start a new 'paragraph.'

Regards,

Steve

[Andweeb]

Hi Steve, perhaps you didn't read my post completely. I'm sure the \n works in text. I am talking about a notifier message. \n does not work in notifier messages in ai2. It used to in the old ai. Please address. 

[SteveJG]

This works

but it might not work in the Notifier with the buttons.  Show your blocks and someone might look at your issue at MIT.

[Andweeb]

(attached) this is what I have and I can 100% verify it does not work in ai2. I havn't tried an Alert because I do not want an alert, I want a message. So am I out of luck?  

[Andweeb]

FYI I tried the alert dialog and the \n seems to work, however my list is so big it scrolls off the screen and there's no button to close it so it's not practical for me.

So my issue, more specifically:

The \n switch does not work with Notifier.ShowMessageDialog in ai2, where it previusly worked in ai1. 

It would be good to have the devs look into this. 

[Toni Schuh]

You can use html in notifier.
Instead of /n use a <br> to start a new line.

[Andweeb]

Oh my goodness. I could kiss you. Thank you good sir it works perfectly. You have no idea how many workarounds I tried. THANK YOU.