# BBCode \[quote\] tag and mixed newlines
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-quote-tag-and-mixed-newlines/103708
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-quote-tag-and-mixed-newlines/103708 "2018-12-07T14:20:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Philibre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Philibre)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-quote-tag-and-mixed-newlines/103708/1 "2018-12-07T14:20:40Z")
Hello.
On a forum using Discourse 2.2.0.beta2, while writing PM or public posts, **I’ve got some strange behavior with quotes and newlines** ; _“strange” for someone used to BBcode on classical phpBB-like forums._ **Is this a bug or a desired/designed behaviour ?**
I’ll try to reproduce it here (2.2.0.beta5 now).
The syntax correctly displayed is either:
```
[quote]Without any newline between opening and closing tags.[/quote]
```
or
```
[quote]
With newlines after the opening tag and before the closing [/code]tag.
[/quote]
```
But **if both forms are mixed, then it’s not “correctly” displayed** (“correctly” for someone used to BBcode on classical forums) :
```
[quote]
With newline after opening tag only.[/quote]
[quote]With newline before closing tag only.
[/quote]
```
is **“badly” displayed** like this
> [@](#):
>
> With newline after opening tag only.[/quote]
>
> [quote]With newline before closing tag only.
and
```
[quote]With newline before closing tag only.
[/quote]
[quote]
With newline after opening tag only.[/quote]
```
is **even more “badly” displayed** without interpretation
[quote]With newline before closing tag only.
[/quote]
[quote]
With newline after opening tag only.[/quote]
---
### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-quote-tag-and-mixed-newlines/103708/2 "2018-12-07T15:07:20Z")
Yes, this is a known limitation of our parser. `[quote]` always require newlines before and after to work.
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### Author:  [@Philibre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Philibre)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-quote-tag-and-mixed-newlines/103708/3 "2018-12-07T15:16:39Z")
> [@zogstrip](#):
>
> Yes, this is a known limitation of our parser.
OK, thanks for your answer.
> [@](#):
>
> `[quote]` always require newlines before and after to work.
Well, **except in this case** :
`[quote]blabla[/quote]`
> [@](#):
>
> blabla
😉
---
### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-quote-tag-and-mixed-newlines/103708/4 "2018-12-07T20:54:01Z")
This is covered in several other existing topics. You cannot mix line endings with BBCode `[quote]`. Either all on one line, or all on different lines.
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### Author:  [@A\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/A_B)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-quote-tag-and-mixed-newlines/103708/5 "2022-01-26T08:25:03Z")
Still relevant!
```plaintext
[/quote]Your quotation and post will be broken if you continue your answer here in 2022.
```
More information about this limitation will be helpful in the editor. Preview will show broken quote but without “why this happened” and without “how to fix quotation” text.