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[feature]: Toggle "Enter for Newline" (or change the default)

Open conny3496 opened this issue 3 months ago • 4 comments

Is there an existing issue for this?

  • [x] I have searched the existing issues

Summary

Is there an existing issue for this?

Could not find one among the open ones. But there is an older one stating the opposite of what I am proposing: https://github.com/makeplane/plane/issues/4772#issuecomment-2250958622 The comment by tcatlas on Jul 25, 2024 got it right.

Summary

Pressing Enter (in e.g. comments) will instantly send the comment instead of doing a return. Even when within a bullet-list.

There should be an option to get the behavior like in text-writers (i.e. Word or Plane-Pages):

Enter ...to do a full return (to next paragraph, p in HTML)
Shift+Enter ...to do a single-line break (br in HTML)
Ctrl+Enter ...to send/submit the comment

I feel like this should be the default. The user could also have the option to go back to the current setting in the user's Account-Preferences to have it more like a messenger (i.e. Teams).

This is a common debate among users that can be easily resolved: Image

(Here in Github you have to to a Ctrl+Enter to submit.)

Why should this be worked on?

The tool should work like any other tool for users and UX. Tools like "Word" are still the most commonly used (I guess) and writing comments should work like it does there. Users are extremely hard to re-train in things like this, so a toggle for "Enter to send" should definitely exist. Prematurely sent comments are an absolute no-go.

conny3496 avatar Sep 26 '25 05:09 conny3496

+1 - makes the app unusable for me, coming from a different tool where enter just added a new line in the comment text area

AussieInSeattle avatar Oct 26 '25 21:10 AussieInSeattle

Hey @conny3496 If this issue is still open to work on, you can assign it to me and I can do this for you. Thanks!

Lakshayyy-m avatar Nov 27 '25 02:11 Lakshayyy-m

Hey @conny3496 If this issue is still open to work on, you can assign it to me and I can do this for you. Thanks!

I can't assign anything here (at least I don't know how). Sorry :)

conny3496 avatar Nov 27 '25 07:11 conny3496