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How can I add line breaks using the SetText method?
I tried Clipboard.SetText("eee \n xxxx"); but it doesn’t give me the expected result when I paste the clipboard data in the notepad.
Expected result:
eee
xxxx
How can I accomplish this?
Windows uses CR+LF pairs to indicate a new line. This equates to
"\r\n"in C#. However, you are just sending"\n", i.e. a single LF rather than a CR+LF pair.Use
Environment.NewLinerather than of"\n". This is the idomatic way to spell"\r\n"in C#. As a bonus, if you ever ran your code on a *nix platform,Environment.NewLinewould evaluate to “\n” which is the *nix new line indicator. Finally, in my viewEnvironment.NewLineis preferable from a readability perspective. It documents what this thing is logically rather than relying on you knowing the magic constants.