Question
I have seen [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15449325/how-can-i- preserve-new-lines-in-an-angular-partial) SO question.
My code instead of ng-bind="item.desc" uses {{item.desc}} because I have a
ng-repeat before.
So my code:
<div ng-repeat="item in items">
{{item.description}}
</div>
The item description contains \n for newlines which are not rendered.
How can the {{item.description}} display the newlines easily assuming that I
have the ng-repeat above?
Answer
Based on @pilau s answer - but with an improvement that even the accepted answer does not have.
<div class="angular-with-newlines" ng-repeat="item in items">
{{item.description}}
</div>
/* in the css file or in a style block */
.angular-with-newlines {
white-space: pre-line;
}
This will use newlines and whitespace as given, but also break content at the content boundaries. More information about the white-space property can be found here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/white-space
If you want to break on newlines, but also not collapse multiple spaces or white space preceeding the text (to render code or something), you can use:
white-space: pre-wrap;
Nice comparison of the different rendering modes: http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/tests/white-space.html
