Post #1289980

2026-04-17 12:25 UTC

If software developers could agree on using either shift-return or option-return for new lines in normally one line fields, but whatever the one they pick, make it standard and use it anywhere, that would be great.

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@teilweise@layer8.space 2026-04-17 12:55

@arroz Yes, please! It’s very annoying that there is no way to tell if pressing Return, Shift-Return, or Option-Return will send the message or insert a newline. If you use Shift- or Option-Return, PLEASE, render the send button disabled as long as the modifier is pressed. (And this settles that you should not use Shift-Return because you do not want to blink the button for each upper-case letter.) Actually, plain Return should insert a newline and send should be triggered by Command-Return.

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@cloudthethings@hachyderm.io 2026-04-17 13:35

@arroz cmd-control-option-shift-meta-alt-return

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@jswright61@ruby.social 2026-04-17 18:04

@arroz Why not implement both? Might be easier. No breaking backwards compatibility at the expense of slightly more complexity going forward. Both indicate a clear intent to start a new line. @MrRooni

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@danwood@mastodon.cloud 2026-04-18 18:01

@arroz

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