Status message without tabs/CR

src/blackmisc/statusmessage.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include "loghandler.h"
 #include "logmessage.h"
 #include "comparefunctions.h"
+#include "stringutils.h"
+
 #include <QMetaEnum>
 #include <QStringBuilder>
 
@@ -223,6 +225,13 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return this->getSeverity() == SeverityError;
     }
 
+    QString CStatusMessage::getMessageNoLineBreaks() const
+    {
+        const QString m = this->getMessage();
+        if (!containsLineBreakOrTab(m)) { return m; } // by far most messages will NOT contain tabs/CR
+        return removeLineBreakAndTab(m);
+    }
+
     void CStatusMessage::prependMessage(const QString &msg)
     {
         if (msg.isEmpty()) { return; }

src/blackmisc/statusmessage.h

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             IndexSeverity,
             IndexSeverityAsString,
             IndexMessage,
+            IndexMessageNoLineBreaks,
             IndexMessageAsHtml
         };
 
@@ -271,6 +272,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Message
         QString getMessage() const { return this->message(); }
 
+        //! Message without line breaks
+        QString getMessageNoLineBreaks() const;
+
         //! Prepend message
         void prependMessage(const QString &msg);
 
@@ -336,15 +340,15 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! \copydoc BlackMisc::Mixin::Index::setPropertyByIndex
         void setPropertyByIndex(const BlackMisc::CPropertyIndex &index, const CVariant &variant);
 
-        //! Compare for index
+        //! \copydoc BlackMisc::Mixin::Index::comparePropertyByIndex
         int comparePropertyByIndex(const CPropertyIndex &index, const CStatusMessage &compareValue) const;
 
-        //! To HTML
-        QString toHtml() const;
-
         //! \copydoc BlackMisc::Mixin::String::toQString
         QString convertToQString(bool i18n = false) const;
 
+        //! To HTML
+        QString toHtml() const;
+
         //! Representing icon
         static const CIcon &convertToIcon(const CStatusMessage &statusMessage);
 

src/blackmisc/stringutils.h

@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return result;
     }
 
+    //! Remove line breaks and tabs
+    inline QString removeLineBreakAndTab(const QString &s)
+    {
+        return removeChars(s, [](QChar c) { return c == '\n' || c == '\t'; });
+    }
+
     //! Remove the typical separators such as "-", " "
     BLACKMISC_EXPORT QString removeDateTimeSeparators(const QString &s);
 
@@ -53,6 +59,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return std::any_of(s.begin(), s.end(), predicate);
     }
 
+    //! Contains a line break or tab
+    inline bool containsLineBreakOrTab(const QString &s)
+    {
+        return containsChar(s, [](QChar c) { return c == '\n' || c == '\t'; });
+    }
+
     //! Index of first character in the string matching the given predicate, or -1 if not found.
     template <class F> int indexOfChar(const QString &s, F predicate)
     {