Can't output literal newlines from Text formulas

Bugs & Issues
1

Seems like this should just work:

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2

just a thought, but does + “< b r>” work? (remove the spaces)

3

Thanks, updated the backlog! :muscle:

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4

Where did this land?

5

Now, in 2025, the escape sequence for the newline seems to work; however, the escape sequence for the tab i.e. \t does not work and gets passed through literally:

"parent\n\tchild"

// produces:
parent
\tchild

// instead of:
parent
	child

Of course the line breaks are only visible in views where the field can show multiple lines, for example not in table/grid views. But the escape character "" does not get passed it the output literally, which is great.

Use case for \t

  • Nested breadcrumbs for copiable textual output
  • Nested information for quick visual scanning
  • Adherence to established escape sequences
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