Javafx fxml file TextArea line break and tab in text

Question

How to edit text in the TextArea in `.fxml file as such I can use line breaks and tabs. The Textarea is predefined and can not be edited.

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Answer 1

If you want to directly use the text you can use something :

<TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="${'Multi\nLine\tTab'}" />

In case you want to use in Scene Builder, you can switch to multi-line mode.

Switching to multi-line mode, scene builder will insert:


 for \n 
	  for \t