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Enter to send on mobile (group chat)

independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 8,647 Legendary Poster
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I was just reading the post about staying one chat room and it got me thinking. Anytime I’ve been in chat on mobile, pressing the return key doesn’t seem to send the message. It does on desktop but on mobile it just puts in a new line. This works on most other online sites I’ve used on my phone I can just press the return key on the keyboard on my phone to get it to send.

I can’t remember if I’ve asked about this before but I was wondering if there’s any reason for this not to be working on mobile?
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    JustVJustV Community Manager Posts: 5,319 Part of The Furniture
    Keen to know if anyone else has found this works / doesn't work :)

    Mods don't typically use the platform on mobile so it's not something we deal with ourselves, but my guess would be it's just the way the platform is built. It's not the most modern system, so it wouldn't surprise me if an 'enter to send' feature just doesn't exist for the mobile version.
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    independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 8,647 Legendary Poster
    Thing is before the update a couple of years ago it used to work. I was just curious if it was a setting but maybe not.
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    JustVJustV Community Manager Posts: 5,319 Part of The Furniture
    independent_ wrote: »
    Thing is before the update a couple of years ago it used to work. I was just curious if it was a setting but maybe not.
    Oh interesting - do you remember which update? (realise that might be a stretch to ask!)
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    independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 8,647 Legendary Poster
    You know that one that was accidentally sent out early, the one that brought in pinned messages etc? Think it was that one
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    JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 1,926 Extreme Poster
    I wanted to mention something completely opposite here. It actually annoys me how pressing enter on desktop sends the message. I'm a very slow and clumsy typer so I keep accidently sending messages before I'm done with them, and I hate it so much. Not sure there's a work around this tho, is there?
    Anyways, yeah. Just wanted to mention this.
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    Rose113Rose113 Community Champion Posts: 1,122 Wise Owl
    When I press enter on my phone it sends the message in group
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    JustVJustV Community Manager Posts: 5,319 Part of The Furniture
    JJLemon18 wrote: »
    I wanted to mention something completely opposite here. It actually annoys me how pressing enter on desktop sends the message. I'm a very slow and clumsy typer so I keep accidently sending messages before I'm done with them, and I hate it so much. Not sure there's a work around this tho, is there?
    Anyways, yeah. Just wanted to mention this.
    No workaround for this as far as I know, but as a chaotic typer myself I relate!
    independent_ wrote: »
    You know that one that was accidentally sent out early, the one that brought in pinned messages etc? Think it was that one
    Ah yes that rings a bell!
    River wrote: »
    When I press enter on my phone it sends the message in group
    Plot thickens :lol: it may be a device/OS thing - I can't see anything on our side that controls this, so it might be down to how your device interacts with the platform, which is likely to vary.

    @River what device/OS combo do you use? Likewise @independent_?
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    Rose113Rose113 Community Champion Posts: 1,122 Wise Owl
    @JustV im on Android
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    independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 8,647 Legendary Poster
    JJLemon18 wrote: »
    I wanted to mention something completely opposite here. It actually annoys me how pressing enter on desktop sends the message. I'm a very slow and clumsy typer so I keep accidently sending messages before I'm done with them, and I hate it so much. Not sure there's a work around this tho, is there?
    Anyways, yeah. Just wanted to mention this.

    Unfortunately this is quite important for accessibility reasons @JJLemon18 because the send button doesn’t show up on certain screen readers. I can see how it’s annoying for some though
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
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    independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 8,647 Legendary Poster
    JustV wrote: »
    JJLemon18 wrote: »
    I wanted to mention something completely opposite here. It actually annoys me how pressing enter on desktop sends the message. I'm a very slow and clumsy typer so I keep accidently sending messages before I'm done with them, and I hate it so much. Not sure there's a work around this tho, is there?
    Anyways, yeah. Just wanted to mention this.
    No workaround for this as far as I know, but as a chaotic typer myself I relate!
    independent_ wrote: »
    You know that one that was accidentally sent out early, the one that brought in pinned messages etc? Think it was that one
    Ah yes that rings a bell!
    River wrote: »
    When I press enter on my phone it sends the message in group
    Plot thickens :lol: it may be a device/OS thing - I can't see anything on our side that controls this, so it might be down to how your device interacts with the platform, which is likely to vary.

    @ River what device/OS combo do you use? Likewise @independent_?

    I’m on iPhone, iOS17 :)
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
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    AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 1,026 Wise Owl
    I use iPad / iPhone and when I press enter, it just creates a new line. There’s like a little arrow or something (can’t remember, sorry) to send the message
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    JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 1,926 Extreme Poster
    independent_ wrote: »
    JJLemon18 wrote: »
    I wanted to mention something completely opposite here. It actually annoys me how pressing enter on desktop sends the message. I'm a very slow and clumsy typer so I keep accidently sending messages before I'm done with them, and I hate it so much. Not sure there's a work around this tho, is there?
    Anyways, yeah. Just wanted to mention this.

    Unfortunately this is quite important for accessibility reasons @JJLemon18 because the send button doesn’t show up on certain screen readers. I can see how it’s annoying for some though

    @independent_ Oh yea I get that. I guess I just had to vent out for all the times I sent out an unfinished mes
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