# New lines for text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-lines-for-text/223300>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 21, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-lines-for-text/223300 "2007-04-21T00:25:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![drosa10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@drosa10](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drosa10)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-lines-for-text/223300/1 "2007-04-21T00:25:11Z")

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im creating an RPG game, and im trying to mimic the combat log used in Final Fantasy XI and XII. (go to [http://herenbdy.iblogger.org/game.swf](http://herenbdy.iblogger.org/game.swf) , press the attack and magic buttons and youll see what i mean)

My Combat log is a movieclip with a dynamic text field. Currently my code for the attack and magic and help buttons is this:

```auto

loadmagicmenu = function () {
    button1.buttonname.text = "Genesen";
    button1.onPress = function() {
        amounthealed = my_MAG*2;
        combatlog.combatlogtext.text = combatlog.combatlogtext.text+" || You cast Genesen! You recover "+amounthealed+" HP,";
    };
    button2.buttonname.text = "-Back-";
    button2.onPress = function() {
        resetmenu();
    };
    button3.buttonname.text = "";
    button3.onPress = function() {
    };
};
resetmenu = function () {
    button1.buttonname.text = "Attack";
    button1.onPress = function() {
        my_attack();
    };
    button2.buttonname.text = "Magic";
    button2.onPress = function() {
        loadmagicmenu();
    };
    button3.buttonname.text = "Help";
    button3.onPress = function() {
        combatlog.combatlogtext.text = combatlog.combatlogtext.text+" || Press the H key to toggle the combat log off and on.";
    };
};

```

My buttons are movie clips with Dynamic text fields for their names.

If you press the attack / Genesen / Help buttons, youll see that the lines of text in the combat log are put in right after each other, i used a || before each message to make it eaiser to read.

Id would like to know how I would go about making the combat log messages appear on different lines as apposed to the same line?

I tried to make the text field into an HTML text field and do:

```auto
 combatlog.combatlogtext.text = combatlog.combatlogtext.text+" <br> Press the H key to toggle the combat log off and on.";

```

But that doesnt work, can anyone help? Please tell me if i phrased my situation awkwardly.