Linebreak issues when displaying Silverstripe backend content on frontend

Backend
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Hey everyone,

I’m working on a Silverstripe project and I’ve run into a problem. In the backend, I’ve got a textareaField where I’m entering content with line breaks. The content saves fine and shows up correctly in the backend. But when I try to display it on the frontend, all the line breaks disappear!

I’ve tried a few things like using $Text.RAW and $Text.XML, but no luck so far. The text just shows up as one long line without any breaks.

Has anyone else dealt with this before? Any ideas on how to keep those line breaks intact when displaying the content on the frontend?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

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hey whisperingwind, ran into this too. try using nl2br() in your template: $Content.RAW|nl2br. it should convert line breaks into
tags so your text shows correctly on the frontend. hope it works!

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have you tried using the SS_HTMLText class? it’s pretty handy for this kinda stuff. you could do something like $Content.RAW.ContextSummary(200) in ur template. it preserves formatting and lets u control length too. what do u think about that approach?

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I encountered a similar issue in a recent Silverstripe project. The solution that worked for me was using the ‘html_entity_decode’ function in combination with ‘nl2br’. In your template, try this: {$Content.RAW|html_entity_decode|nl2br}. This approach not only preserves line breaks but also handles any HTML entities that might be in your content. If you’re still facing issues, check your CSS. Sometimes, whitespace handling can affect how line breaks are displayed. Setting ‘white-space: pre-wrap’ on the containing element might help in stubborn cases.