topic Re: add new line in tool's Description in Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Forum

add new line in tool's Description

jagostinho74 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:58:27 GMT

Hello,

Is there a way to add a new line to a tool's description when edited in the CUI Properties?

the "\n" is not working.

Thanks in advance

Re: add new line in tool's Description

pbejse — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:59:39 GMT

try "\r"

Re: add new line in tool's Description

jagostinho74 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:00:06 GMT

\r does not work either 😞

Re: add new line in tool's Description

hak_vz — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:28:31 GMT

Actually try both \r\n since on Windows this is the standard line break (CR LF)

Since lately Unicode is used you may try also to use:

U+000A

U+000D

or CR+LF: CR (U+000D) followed by LF (U+000A)

Re: add new line in tool's Description

jagostinho74 — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:03:14 GMT

None of them seem to work, @hak_vz . Or I might be typing them wrong in the Description field.

Re: add new line in tool's Description

ВeekeeCZ — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:14:30 GMT

At first - prove yourself that this is even possible - find ANY of the current tools that is using paragraphs in description.

If negative, just use multiple spaces " " without quotes. The width of tooltips is fixed, so there should be no issue.

Seems to me that you're ghost hunting.

Re: add new line in tool's Description

jagostinho74 — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:01:55 GMT

Very good point @ВeekeeCZ .

Re: add new line in tool's Description

pbejse — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:45:48 GMT

Another Workaround:

What I did is type the description in Excel using Alt+Enter for new line, copy the contents, paste it on the "Description", remove the leading and trailing quotation [ " ].

Result:

I'm sure someone from this forum will find the correct ascii or escape code for ALT+Enter, then everything will be fine and dandy.