client side templating - Does handlebars.js replace newline characters with <br>?

Question

Trying to use handlebars.js for templating but the library seems to ignore newlines.

What is the correct way to deal with newlines? Should they be replaced manually after the templating action?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12331077/does-handlebars-js-replace-newline-characters-with-br

Answer 1

It doesn't do so automatically, but using the helpers feature this can be achieved:

JS:

Handlebars.registerHelper('breaklines', function(text) {
    text = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(text);
    text = text.replace(/(
|
|
)/gm, '<br>');
    return new Handlebars.SafeString(text);
});

HTML template:

<div>
    {{breaklines description}}
</div>