jQuery textarea append newline behavior
Not sure how you are setting the textarea content, but if you use the jQuery val method, \n works consistently in Firefox and IE (Including IE8): var txt = $(“textarea#idhere”); txt.val( txt.val() + “\nSomething here\n\nAgain”); Causes the textarea to display: Existing content and linebreaks if any. Something here Again You can see a demo here … Read more