So I've got text entered in a textarea field, how do I preserve the line breaks when showing in a template? the <xmod:format/> tag doesn't seem to do the trick...

Use the CSS "white-space:pre;" rule.

"white-space:pre" doesn't allow the text to wrap, so it's not useful for longer text. "white-space:pre-wrap" works, but not on some older browsers (http://www.quirksmode.org/css/whitespace.html). I've searched the forums for a solution to the linebreak problem but can't find a solution. In XMod there is a "preservelinebreaks" property, but I can't find an equivalent in XMod Prod. Presenting users with the HtmlInput control to solve the problem is asking for trouble.

Can anyone provide the solution to this common scenario?

Kelly replied with this solution:

<xmod:Format Type="Regex" Pattern="\n" Replacement="<br />" value='[[Synopsis]]' />

This solution works. One helpful note: Windows text files use \r\n to terminate lines, while UNIX text files use \n. I haven't noticed a difference in results between the two patterns with DNN database.