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I am often working in other windows but have a lot of teams messages that I need to address. This results in my sending meaningless messages accidentally when I hit ENTER thinking I am in a different window but I am really in teams. How do I by default prevent the ENTER button from sending a message?
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This has got to be one of the most annoying things about Teams (& there are a few). When typing on anything it is instinctive to press enter to start a new line - so why make it do something else? Its counterintuitive. FFS - sort it out.
To say "simply" is ignorant to accommodating the user in full. Nobody should have to think like a programmer while working - we already have our primary function. We should get our money's worth and have format mode BE the default. The current default makes this software giant look like a dog chasing it's tail.
Hello,
You can simply activate the "Format" mode by pressing the first button on the left under the message you are typing. The symbol is an A with a pen next to it
I hear you, and while your information may have been useful for some I think it was your presentation that was off. It might have been better to say "A workaround that may help would be changing to format mode using...".
The fact is I personally am well aware of format mode, but my issue is NOT just using enter for newline, it's AVOIDING sending message prematurely.
If a person can remember to change it to format mode EVERY SINGLE MESSAGE, then they would equally remember to click Shift + Enter. So while the workaround does help when you remember it, it doesn't simply fix the underlying issue the first time you don't.
To that end, saying simply do X makes it seem like a complete fix when it's not, and we don't want the issue to be disregarded for those struggling with this issue.
That said, I appreciate the input as it's helpful to those that did not know about that mode.
Please upvote the feedback item below to get this issue addressed!
Enable option to choose another key to use in order to send a message other than "the Enter key"
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/9ebae341-4ebe-ed11-83ff-000d3a1f8608