diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
index cffbf6a61..c53b88f44 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
@@ -2220,31 +2220,24 @@ RED.view = (function() {
 
     function convertLineBreakCharacter(str) {
         var result = [];
-        var count = 0;
-        var result_temp = '';
-        for (var i = 0;i < str.length;i++) {
-            if (str.charAt(i) == '\\') {
-                if (str.charAt(i+1) == '\\') {
-                    result_temp += str.charAt(i);
-                    i++;
-                } else if (str.charAt(i+1) == 'n') {
-                    result.push(result_temp.trim());
-                    if (i+1 == str.length-1) {
-                        result.push('');
-                    }
-                    result_temp = '';
-                    count = i+2;
+        var lines = str.split(/\\n /);
+        if (lines.length > 1) {
+            var i=0;
+            for (i=0;i<lines.length - 1;i++) {
+                if (/\\$/.test(lines[i])) {
+                    result.push(lines[i]+"\\n "+lines[i+1])
                     i++;
                 } else {
-                    result_temp += str.charAt(i);
+                    result.push(lines[i])
                 }
-            } else {
-                result_temp += str.charAt(i);
             }
+            if ( i === lines.length - 1) {
+                result.push(lines[lines.length-1]);
+            }
+        } else {
+            result = lines;
         }
-        if (count == 0 || count < str.length) {
-            result.push(result_temp.trim());
-        }
+        result = result.map(function(l) { return l.replace(/\\\\n /g,"\\n ").trim() })
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -2543,10 +2536,10 @@ RED.view = (function() {
             .attr("transform","translate("+x+","+y+")")
             .attr("class","red-ui-flow-port-tooltip");
 
-        // First check for a user-provided newline - "\\n"
-        var newContent = content.split(/\\n/,1)[0];
-        if (newContent.length !== content.length) {
-            content = newContent+"...";
+        // First check for a user-provided newline - "\\n "
+        var newlineIndex = content.indexOf("\\n ");
+        if (newlineIndex > -1 && content[newlineIndex-1] !== '\\') {
+            content = content.substring(0,newlineIndex)+"...";
         }
 
         var lines = content.split("\n");