# Force a linebreak before and after a quote
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376 "2023-03-30T18:30:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@kiefferr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiefferr)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376/1 "2023-03-30T18:30:55Z")
Any chance anyone has come upon an easy solution in the last few years to force a line break both before and after a quote?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376/2 "2023-03-30T19:01:53Z")
I think @Canapin came up with a theme component method [How to override the buildQuote function? - #2 by Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-override-the-buildquote-function/164355/2) some time back, if that’s any help?
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376/3 "2023-03-30T19:22:40Z")
Yeah, I think I tested it several days ago and it still work if I’m not mistaken. A bit overkill code nonetheless, just to add a new line.
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### Author:  [@kiefferr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiefferr)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376/4 "2023-03-30T19:25:36Z")
Thanks for the reply. Seems to work nicely on his end, but similar to the other poster in that thread, I couldn’t get his script to fire when I pasted it in .
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### Author:  [@asc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asc)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376/5 "2023-03-30T20:45:25Z")
I was able to get that working by adding
```plaintext
const composerController = api.container.lookup("controller:composer")
```
to the bottom of the theme component code. It’s related to [api.modifyClass sometimes(!) not working - #12 by RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-modifyclass-sometimes-not-working/212413/12)
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### Author:  [@kiefferr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiefferr)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-a-linebreak-before-and-after-a-quote/270376/6 "2023-03-30T21:12:06Z")
Hey, thank you very much! That did the trick.