# Can't output literal newlines from Text formulas

**URL:** https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-output-literal-newlines-from-text-formulas/3316
**Category:** Bugs & Issues
**Tags:** formulas
**Created:** [September 19, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-output-literal-newlines-from-text-formulas/3316 "2022-09-19T16:00:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-output-literal-newlines-from-text-formulas/3316/1 "2022-09-19T16:00:59Z")

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Seems like this should just work:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/1/1f684657f8e1c2639a8c4e735932c68dbfa8b353.png)

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### Author: ![anadin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/anadin/32/5376_2.png) [@anadin](https://community.fibery.io/u/anadin)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-output-literal-newlines-from-text-formulas/3316/2 "2022-09-20T00:06:13Z")

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

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### Author: ![Polina\_Zenevich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/polina_zenevich/32/480_2.png) [@Polina\_Zenevich](https://community.fibery.io/u/Polina_Zenevich)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-output-literal-newlines-from-text-formulas/3316/3 "2022-09-27T11:00:15Z")

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Thanks, updated the backlog! 💪

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### Author: ![helloitse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/helloitse/32/498_2.png) [@helloitse](https://community.fibery.io/u/helloitse)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-output-literal-newlines-from-text-formulas/3316/4 "2025-04-07T04:32:11Z")

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Where did this land?

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### Author: ![Sev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Sev](https://community.fibery.io/u/Sev)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-output-literal-newlines-from-text-formulas/3316/5 "2025-08-31T13:50:09Z")

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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:

```auto
"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