diff --git a/examples/widgets/textarea/lv_example_textarea_1.c b/examples/widgets/textarea/lv_example_textarea_1.c
index 6057b1f16..cf7570972 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/textarea/lv_example_textarea_1.c
+++ b/examples/widgets/textarea/lv_example_textarea_1.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static void btnm_event_handler(lv_event_t * e)
     const char * txt = lv_btnmatrix_get_btn_text(obj, lv_btnmatrix_get_selected_btn(obj));
 
     if(strcmp(txt, LV_SYMBOL_BACKSPACE) == 0) lv_textarea_del_char(ta);
-    else if(strcmp(txt, LV_SYMBOL_NEW_LINE) == 0) lv_textarea_add_char(ta, '\n');
+    else if(strcmp(txt, LV_SYMBOL_NEW_LINE) == 0) lv_event_send(ta, LV_EVENT_READY, NULL);
     else lv_textarea_add_text(ta, txt);
 
 }