# Ajax.inplaceditor maintain text formatting

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-inplaceditor-maintain-text-formatting/162581>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 11, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-inplaceditor-maintain-text-formatting/162581 "2009-03-11T15:43:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul\_yu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paul\_yu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paul_yu)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-inplaceditor-maintain-text-formatting/162581/1 "2009-03-11T15:43:01Z")

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Is there a way to have ajax.inplaceeditor to not strip out carriage  
returns in a multi row text field?