Add a linebreak in an HTML text area

Question

How can i add a line break to the text area in a html page? i use VB.net for server side coding.

Answer 1

Escape sequences like "\n" work fine ! even with text area! I passed a java string with the "\n" to a html textarea and it worked fine as it works on consoles for java!

Answer 2

If you're inserting text from a database or such (which one usually do), convert all "<br />"'s to &vbCrLf. Works great for me :)