line break inside <p> tags when using Jquery.text()

Question

I am trying to do something like this:

<p> Line 1 <br/> Line 2 <br/> </p>

This does not work, but is what i'm trying to do possible?

Edit: more info

i am executing this line of code: $("#textDialogBox").text("test<br />test2");

where #textDialogBox is <p id = "textDialogBox">This is an animated dialog which is useful for displaying information. The dialog window can be moved, resized and closed with the 'x' icon.</p>

But when I open the dialog box the
shows up as text, rather than a line break.

Answer 1

Have this instead:

$("#textDialogBox").html("test<br/>test2");

The text() method of jQuery will "destroy" any HTML given to it, and this includes <br /> as well.