Question

I have a text field in my MySQL table. I want to format all new lines with the <br> or some sort of formatting for the template. Is there anything built into the framework for this? I tried to read into the following page:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/?from=olddocs

But seems like that page won’t work for this? Is there another documentation I can refer to? Thanks!

Answer 1

It sounds like you need the linebreaksbr template filter.

Normally, you would use it in the template:

{{ instance.fieldname|linebreaksbr }}

However, it’s possible to import it and use it in your view as well:

from django.template.defaultfilters import linebreaksbr
text_with_br = linebreaksbr(instance.fieldname)

The advantage of using linebreaksbr instead of writing your own snippet, is that the linebreaksbr takes care of autoescaping for you.