\n not working in google apps script Browser.msgBox

Question

I am trying the following to add line breaks to a message box but it is not working.

function showMsgBox(){
  var msg = \'name: \\n \\n \\n Doc URL\';
  Browser.         


        

Answer 1

Yeah, you are right. msgBox do not respect extra whitespace or newline. A similar issue has been raised in Issue Tracker. You may star it and provide your feedback there.

Issue 1608: Add an option to Browser.msgBox() to respect whitespace

Answer 2

You need to double-escape "\n" for historical reasons

function myFunction() {
  Browser.msgBox("Hello\\nWorld")
}