Text Formatting ⇒ linebreak in a label of a description item

[silentboom]

Hello everybody.

Is there any way to insert a linebreak within the label of an item of the description enviroment?

Thanks, for you support.

[gmedina]

Hi,

one possible quick solution is to use a \parbox command:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\begin{description}
 \item[{\parbox[t]{3cm}{first line\\second line}}] first item 
\end{description}

\end{document}

[fatra2]

Hi there,

As far as I know, the description option is a paragraph environment. I normally break the lines by just adding second carriage return, or by adding \\ or by adding \newline.

Cheers

[gmedina]

Hi there,

As far as I know, the description option is a paragraph environment. I normally break the lines by just adding second carriage return, or by adding \\ or by adding \newline.

Cheers

Hi fatra2,

please notice that the original request is for a line break inside the label; in this case, your suggestions won't apply:

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\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\begin{description}
  % won't work
  \item[first line\\second line]
  % won't work
  \item[first line\newline second line]
  % will work
  \item[{\parbox[t]{3cm}{first line\\second line}}]
\end{description}

\end{document}

[silentboom]

Thanks a lot!