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0 pointsjimbokun2mo ago0 comments

I have a very mild jolt of anxiety every time I want to enter a new line in Teams or Slack, wondering if it will send a half completed message I will need to edit after the recipient has seen the half completed message, or it will enter a new line like I want it to.

The behavior also changes if you start editing a numbered or unordered list. Maybe that enters the "formatting tools" mode you mention?

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dfxm122mo ago· 3 in thread

If you're worried about this, consider a copy and paste from notepad.

abraxas2mo ago

Your advice beautifully reinforces OP's case. We now have to use auxiliary apps with more predictable behaviour because designers made such a mess of things.

oneeyedpigeon2mo ago

We've still yet to reach the "any textbox is just an embedded version of your EDITOR" nirvana.

jimbokunOP2mo ago

Note the "very mild" jolt, not quite enough to rise to the level of switching to Notepad (or Emacs in my case).

fireflash382mo ago

Shift enter should always put in a new line. Good luck exiting a block though with it.

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