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In MS Teams, how do I change the default behavior of New Conversations and Replies, so the Enter key inserts a line break instead of sending the message?

frob 4,291 Reputation points
2022-07-27T16:20:27.173+00:00

Hi there

In MS Teams, how do I change the default behavior of New Conversations and Replies, so the Enter key inserts a line break instead of sending the message? Ideally, I need to change this for all of our users (alternatively, it is fine to have this on a user level).

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  1. Dillon Silzer 60,836 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-07-27T16:33:24.127+00:00

    Unfortunately there is no way to change this behaviour. You will either need to use the format button or hit SHIFT+ENTER. I would recommend communicating with your users to educate them on the two options.

    However, you could submit feedback to Microsoft and see if they can add an option at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/ad198462-1c1c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472

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  1. younger 71 Reputation points
    2022-09-01T20:27:12.61+00:00

    Another stupid issue solved long ago in Slack:

    Simply make it an option... ''enter' add's a new line' (ctrl-enter to send)

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  2. McClory, Mike 35 Reputation points
    2023-10-16T08:42:55.0433333+00:00

    It is an annoying behaviour. I've lost count of the number of times that I have run afoul of this. Just default to a multi-line answer!

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  3. Michael Widenius 10 Reputation points
    2024-02-08T10:26:14.61+00:00

    I agree that slack is superior to team chat in so many ways for the day-to-day usage. multi-line (configurable) is a must in any chat application intended for work. Apparently 'teams' is not optimized for this environment. I also hate that microsoft teams shows advertisements for Microsoft products when trying to login to a company website. No respect for privacy or opt-out from advertisements from Microsoft!

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