How to start a new line when drawing a finite state machine using TikZ?

Asked Oct 12 '12 at 11:45

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Tree-like diagram (flow chart?) showing selection of scientific papers when reviewing

I am trying to draw a state using tikz.

The state I want to use draw is:

\node[state]    (A)   {Wait for 0 from below};

The problem is: What can I do if I want "Wait for 0 from below", showed in two lines, like this:

Wait for 0
from below

This code does not work:

\node[state]    (A)    {Wait for 0 \linebreak from below};

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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asked Oct 12 '12 at 11:45

Yishu Fang

Add text width=xx cm to your node options maybe with align=center for the alignment of text. – percusse Oct 12 '12 at 12:02
@percusse Sorry, I am a newbie, could explain more about it? – Yishu Fang Oct 12 '12 at 12:06
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Sure, try changing that line to \node[state,text width=1.8cm] (A) {Wait for 0 from below};. If you want to align the text at the center use the extra option in my previous comment. By the way, Welcome to TeX.sx!. Next time, please add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem such that we can help more definitely as we will know what exactly the problem is. – percusse Oct 12 '12 at 12:11
Thank you @percusse, it works pretty well, thank you very much. But can I break those lines manual? – Yishu Fang Oct 12 '12 at 12:19
Yes, those options tell TikZ to respect the line breaks so regular `\` works. – percusse Oct 12 '12 at 13:00
@GonzaloMedina Because if this solves the problem it's a duplicate. I'll try to find the proper one. – percusse Oct 12 '12 at 15:10
The issue is explained roughly in the answers of this Tree-like diagram (flow chart?) showing selection of scientific papers when reviewing – percusse Oct 13 '12 at 11:20

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