How do I add a newline to a windows-forms TextBox?

Question

I am trying to add a line of text to a TextBox component in VB.net, but I cannot figure out for the life of me how to force a new line. Right now it just adds onto what I ha

Answer 1

Use the text below!

TextBox1.Text = "This is a test"
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ControlChars.Newline & "This is line 2"

The controlchars.Newline will automatically put "This is line 2" to the next line.

Answer 2

Have you set AcceptsReturn property to true?

Answer 3

Have you tried something like:

textbox.text = "text" & system.environment.newline & "some more text"

Answer 4

First you have to set the MultiLine property of the TextBox to true so that it supports multiple lines.

Then you just use Environment.NewLine to get the newline character combination.

Answer 5

Quickie test code for WinForms in VB:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    Dim Newline As String
    Newline = System.Environment.NewLine

    TextBox1.Text = "This is a test"
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & Newline & "This is line 2"

End Sub

Answer 6

make sure you textbox is set for multiline then you wont need any extra dims vbnewline will work just fine