Is there a way to render newlines as <BR> in a table, so newlines are preserved when editing textarea content?
You can use a WYSIWYG editor plug-in.
You'll find some here. I use quill and it works fine.
https://editor.datatables.net/plug-ins/field-type/
https://editor.datatables.net/plug-ins/field-type/editor.quill#Example
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You can use a WYSIWYG editor plug-in.
You'll find some here. I use quill and it works fine.
https://editor.datatables.net/plug-ins/field-type/
https://editor.datatables.net/plug-ins/field-type/editor.quill#Example