_setValue and _getText don't treat newlines the same (Chrome 37.0.2062.120 Sahi, Pro v5.1.1)?

dpglass

I have a textarea with an address in it, so 2 - 4 lines of text separated by newlines. This will have been entered by a user, so they pressed the Return/Enter key to create the individual lines.

When I retrieve this using _getText it gets logged (using _log) as the text with no apparent newlines in it, but it does have spaces where the newlines would be.
When I put a changed version of the original text in with _setValue, it is shown in the log as having explicit '\n' values in it, but the text is displayed in the textarea as a single line.

My _assertEqual tests fail, presumably because one version has the newlines and the other doesn't, and I don't know how to interact with the elements or the data so that Sahi does what the user would be doing.

Here is a snippet, with what I think is the pertinent bits of the log:

--this line is a _log of the original text of the textarea
Law Office of Frank Smithson dkads diadi San Simeon, CA 93452 [121 ms] [12:01:50.920]
--this is the text of the textarea after performing a _setValue(_textarea(0), $originalText + " changed"). note the lack of spaces where there were spaces before
Law Office of Frank Smithsondkads diadiSan Simeon, CA 93452 changed [238 ms] [12:01:51.163]
_assertEqual("Law Office of Frank Smithson\ndkads diadi\nSan Simeon, CA 93452" + " changed", "Law Office of Frank Smithsondkads diadiSan Simeon, CA 93452 changed", "Return address should have been changed, but it was NOT.") [10205 ms] [12:02:01.376]
Assertion Failed. Return address should have been changed, but it was NOT.
Expected:"Law Office of Frank Smithson\ndkads diadi\nSan Simeon, CA 93452 changed"
Actual:"Law Office of Frank Smithsondkads diadiSan Simeon, CA 93452 changed"

Hopefully, that made sense.

My question is, what do I need to do to a) get the text to pass the _assertEqual, and b) have it displayed in the textarea properly (with the appropriate line breaks)?

Any assistance is appreciated.