Problem
When entering a value for the text attribute of a Text component in MXML, if the text contains a line break ("\n"), the line break will not be rendered, and the text "\n" will be displayed instead.
Solution
Use "{'\n'}" to enter the line break in the text.
Detailed explanation
When entering a value for the text attribute of a Text component in MXML, if the text contains a line break ("\n"), the line break will not be rendered, and the text "\n" will be displayed instead.
For example, the following code will display two Text components - both include the "\n" line break character, but only the second one will render the break.
<mx:Text text="Line \n Break" />
<mx:Text text="Line {'\n'} Break" />
This will display as follows:
Wrapping the line break character with the curly braces (similar to data-binding) will allow the break to be rendered.
Note: This is not needed when setting the value of a Text component's text via ActionScript, only when using the text attribute of the MXML tag.
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