diff --git a/rsrc/dialogs/edit-sign.xml b/rsrc/dialogs/edit-sign.xml
index c25e94c3..16fc2cf1 100644
--- a/rsrc/dialogs/edit-sign.xml
+++ b/rsrc/dialogs/edit-sign.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<!-- OK button -->
 	<field name='text' top='34' left='55' width='293' height='98'/>
 	<button name='cancel' type='regular' top='141' left='222' def-key='esc'>Cancel</button>
-	<text top='142' left='7' width='198' height='15'>Use a '|' to indicate a line break.</text>
+	<text top='142' left='7' width='198' height='15' show-pipes='true'>Use a '|' to indicate a line break.</text>
 	<text name='num' top='8' left='287' width='37' height='14'/>
 	<pict name='pic' type='dlog' num='16' top='8' left='12'/>
 	<text size='large' top='6' left='50' width='138' height='17'>Editing Sign</text>
diff --git a/rsrc/schemas/dialog.xsd b/rsrc/schemas/dialog.xsd
index b69078a1..2dfd2bad 100644
--- a/rsrc/schemas/dialog.xsd
+++ b/rsrc/schemas/dialog.xsd
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
 				</xs:restriction>
 			</xs:simpleType>
 		</xs:attribute>
+		<xs:attribute name="show-pipes" type="xs:boolean" default="false"/>
 		<xs:attribute ref="def-key"/>
 		<xs:attribute name="fromlist" default="none" type="xs:string"/>
 		<xs:attributeGroup ref="rect-size"/>
diff --git a/src/dialogxml/widgets/message.cpp b/src/dialogxml/widgets/message.cpp
index 60f8f0f0..58e67f98 100644
--- a/src/dialogxml/widgets/message.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogxml/widgets/message.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ bool cTextMsg::parseAttribute(ticpp::Attribute& attr, std::string tagName, std::
 		else if(val == "left") right_align = false;
 		else throw xBadVal(tagName, attr.Name(), val, attr.Row(), attr.Column(), fname);
 		return true;
+	}else if(attr.Name() == "show-pipes"){
+		style.showPipes = str_to_bool(attr.Value());
+		return true;
 	}
 	return cControl::parseAttribute(attr, tagName, fname);
 }