Line Breaks in Captions

@wearitwell – I would suspect the code snippet you are showing would have been implemented within a custom template (and I really like the idea being implied by it). That being the case, you may need to recreate / restore the custom template to get the effect you are looking for.

Thanks!

– Cais.

Hi Cais,
thanks for your quick answer. But the problem is not in the custom template, which is still in place and nothing changed there. But as I said the text in the description field “loses” the line breaks (non-HTML, just visual) upon saving.

That didn’t happen before. Before, you could save it like

This
is my
multiline
caption

and it would stay that way in the caption field. But now, when I save, it removes all breaks and the text is converted back to

this is my multiline caption

So it’s something that happens with the field/in the database.

Sorry if I’m not able to describe it well.. English is not my mother language.

Thanks again for any help!
Anja

I will generate some screenshots, if it’s still not clear. Just let me know. THANKS

@wearitwell – You are using a function (nl2br()) to create the line breaks, this is what is no longer working for you, the way the caption has been parsed has not changed in several versions this is why I recommended restoring / recreating the custom template. Now, since the template is in place (and being used) then it may be that the template itself requires some adjustment?

– Cais.

@photocrati again, thanks for answering and sorry if this is annoying ?? But I don’t see the problem in the template as the way the caption is displayed in the backend has changed. Before it was possible to insert text like this:
https://pasteboard.co/1s18Fchv.png
and after saving it would STILL look like this in the backend.
But lately, the text in the BACKEND reverts to THIS after saving :
https://pasteboard.co/1s1xL0dD.png

So all the line breaks are gone and could not be output by the template.

But I will probably tell my client that he has to learn to insert
for breaks…. so be it!

Thanks for your time and help and thanks for the great plugin!
Anja

@wearitwell – I understand what you were able to do / see with your client’s site previously, can you share a link to the custom template code for us to have a look at? Also, a link to where it is specifically being used may be helpful as well.

Thanks!

– Cais.

Ok… you can see the gallery in action here:
https://www.fsznuerburgring.com/galerie/ihr-foto/nggallery/ihr-foto/februar-2016

But I’m sure the problem is not with the template because the descriptions are saved without breaks in the database. So no matter what the template tells it, it will always display without breaks.

I tried something else: Went right into the database and added breaks (by hitting return) in the description.
BEFORE: https://pasteboard.co/1y6MShwR.png
AFTER: https://pasteboard.co/1y6OUyWR.png

After that it was displayed the way it’s supposed to. So I am quite sure the breaks are removed during saving process.

But as you asked, this is the template used:
https://pasted.co/e8dc9328 (Passwort: photocrati)

I didn’t program this, I have inherited the site from a previous developer.

THANKS again!
Anja

@wearitwell = Thanks for the links, especially to the template (it looks quite interesting).

As it is, we do not specifically parse the description before saving except to insure that if any HTML tags are used that they are allowed. This should not remove any “new line” characters as is.

Although it does not appear you are using XHTML in the page, you might try adding the second parameter to your nl2br() call to see if that will sort things out, it shouldn’t make anything worse from what I can see in the template.

Thanks!

– Cais.

<p>xys</p><p>xyz</p> …should work.

@antonysraja – Thanks for sharing your idea.

– Cais.