https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/model-builder-labels-paste-multiline-text/idi-p/1714371 <P>Field of work: Higher education / university – GIS introductory and advanced courses</P><P>For documenting models, recording ideas, and adding descriptions of planned or future processing steps, I would highly appreciate the ability to paste multiline text into ModelBuilder labels.</P><P>At the moment, the first CR or CRLF contained in text copied from a text editor or an AI application terminates the paste operation, so only the first line is inserted into the label.</P><P>Although multiline labels can be created manually using Shift + Enter, there appears to be no way to paste existing multiline text so that line breaks are preserved.</P><P>As a result, I have to maintain the documentation in a separate external document instead of directly within the ModelBuilder workflow, which is inconvenient and makes models less self-documenting.</P><P>Feature request: Please allow ModelBuilder labels to accept pasted multiline text while preserving existing line breaks (CR/LF or CRLF), or provide an equivalent paste mechanism that produces the same result as manually entering line breaks with Shift + Enter.</P> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:51:18 GMT robertkalasek 2026-07-14T10:51:18Z https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/model-builder-labels-paste-multiline-text/idi-p/1714371 <P>Field of work: Higher education / university – GIS introductory and advanced courses</P><P>For documenting models, recording ideas, and adding descriptions of planned or future processing steps, I would highly appreciate the ability to paste multiline text into ModelBuilder labels.</P><P>At the moment, the first CR or CRLF contained in text copied from a text editor or an AI application terminates the paste operation, so only the first line is inserted into the label.</P><P>Although multiline labels can be created manually using Shift + Enter, there appears to be no way to paste existing multiline text so that line breaks are preserved.</P><P>As a result, I have to maintain the documentation in a separate external document instead of directly within the ModelBuilder workflow, which is inconvenient and makes models less self-documenting.</P><P>Feature request: Please allow ModelBuilder labels to accept pasted multiline text while preserving existing line breaks (CR/LF or CRLF), or provide an equivalent paste mechanism that produces the same result as manually entering line breaks with Shift + Enter.</P> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:51:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/model-builder-labels-paste-multiline-text/idi-p/1714371 robertkalasek 2026-07-14T10:51:18Z