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Multi Line Text
From [email protected] on October 19, 2010 05:27:12
What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Use Shape "HTML Texts" from Sketchy GUI Collection 2. Try to write text in more than one line What is the expected output? What do you see instead? I would expect that I can enter "New Line" to enter multiple lines of text. I would expect that I can change shape size if I write long text. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? Windows Client Version 1.2 build 0 Please provide any additional information below. I have the same problem with the shape "HTML Texts" of Collecion "Basic Web Elements"
Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/evoluspencil/issues/detail?id=230
From [email protected] on November 27, 2010 05:57:35
I have the same problem on Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) and pencil 1.2 build 0 (using firefox)
I can paste multi-line input but I can not add newlines in the text.
From [email protected] on November 29, 2010 04:47:15
in fact, you can add newlines:
enter = apply text and close editor shift+enter = add newline and continue editing text
From [email protected] on April 05, 2012 01:12:14
It seems to me that CTRL+Enter would be standard for this?
From [email protected] on April 15, 2012 00:50:46
I had the same problem, and thought of sending it here, luckily now I know current logic to do multiple lines.
My suggestion is just to use just Enter for multiple lines. If user wants to end editing text field he can click of to somewhere else. I believe this logic is been used in many different softwares CS, Paint, ect.
From [email protected] on January 19, 2014 23:24:49
All combination of keys I tried (SHIFT+ENTER, COMMAND+ENTER, ALT+ENTER, CTRL+ENTER...) do not work for me in a Macbook Air with Mac OS X 10.7.5, and Pencil 2.0.5.
I hope you can fix this, as multi-line texts are pretty important for the usage I want to give Pencil.
From [email protected] on January 28, 2014 22:38:46
Hello everyone,
I am currently using Pencil 2.0.6 in a MacBook Pro with Mac OS 10.9.1 and I have been able to introduce several lines within a text.
I used a "Rich text" object and to add a new line I pushed SHIFT+RETURN.
I hope this helps you.
Regards,
Marcos
From [email protected] on February 03, 2014 02:33:46
And it gets even worst when trying to make bullet lists, Shift-Enter does not help here...
From [email protected] on February 12, 2015 07:28:19
Hi
Devs: Great tool, I have spent 2 hours looking for a way to get text box with multi-line text in android collection.
Now am using something called a Desktop Sketchy Box with Shift-Enter for line feed.
Please fix this.
From [email protected] on March 08, 2015 13:54:31
I'm using Pencil 2.0.6 on Mac OS X 10.9.5 and what worked best for me was to insert "HTML Texts (Desktop - Sketchy GUI Collection)" or "Rich Text (Common Shapes Collection)" object and after, edit the object and use Shitf+Enter to add lines.
Ctrl+Enter is usually for submitting forms, Shift+Enter is usually for inserting linebreaks.
If anything changes, I think it would be to default Enter to inserting a linebreak & Ctrl+Enter to finish editing.
In spreadsheets, Ctrl+Enter inserts a linebreak, and Enter finishes editing.
IMHO it would be wise to make Ctrl+Enter insert a linebreak. Then, I do not mind if Shift+Enter functionality remains as is, i.e. insert a linebreak.
Do we have the possibility to show some instructions to the user?
Is there a way to get around this for bulleted lists? Shift + Enter does not work within lists. The only workaround I know is to copy/paste from a text editor.
Not sure if this distinction applies to Pencil or not, but in many programs, "Enter" and "Shift + Enter" have very distinction functions. For example, Shift + Enter not creating a new bulleted item is actually the expected behavior in Word processors.
In my opinion, Enter should create a new line as expected. Closing editing should be Esc or clicking outside of the editing box.
The rich-text shift+enter is no solution either. If you try to enter a (un)ordered list, shift+enter stays in the same list item and doesn't start a new list item. It's impossible to enter multiple list items. I also vote for just having "enter" creating new paragraphs and ctrl+enter for line breaks. Just make the user exit the text editor by clicking outside it. That is very intuïtive imho and is standard in many applications.
