From d07caaf601c7f6ac6bc2534d2dadbb90a23ea00f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SomberNight <somber.night@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:03:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] qt msgbox: when using rich text, set text format to
 "AutoText" instead

"\n" newlines were ignored for WIF_HELP_TEXT InfoButtons
---
 electrum/gui/qt/util.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/util.py b/electrum/gui/qt/util.py
index 9ac6649ca..b64223a1d 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/util.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/util.py
@@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ def custom_message_box(*, icon, parent, title, text, buttons=QMessageBox.Ok,
     d.setDefaultButton(defaultButton)
     if rich_text:
         d.setTextInteractionFlags(Qt.TextSelectableByMouse | Qt.LinksAccessibleByMouse)
-        d.setTextFormat(Qt.RichText)
+        # set AutoText instead of RichText
+        # AutoText lets Qt figure out whether to render as rich text.
+        # e.g. if text is actually plain text and uses "\n" newlines;
+        #      and we set RichText here, newlines would be swallowed
+        d.setTextFormat(Qt.AutoText)
     else:
         d.setTextInteractionFlags(Qt.TextSelectableByMouse)
         d.setTextFormat(Qt.PlainText)