It seems that probably more than one billion Android devices are not able to press shift+Enter, and they can just Enter, so - for them - it's really impossible to type a newline without sending the message.
To improve the current situation we could introduce a dedicated "Send message" button in the Conpherence room, and then unregister the internal "on-Enter → submit" keydown event listener.
| Status | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T15218 Conpherence: cannot type a newline from Android | ||
| Open | None | T15225 Conpherence: add a dedicated "Send" button (not just the Enter key) |
It's also misleading that the text box is multiline (at least in desktop) which suggests that line breaks are expected, but pressing Enter instead sends the message. I was caught off-guard by this at least once. So perhaps the text entry box should be made single-line by default (as already happens if the screen is narrow enough) and expand as needed if line breaks are added.
(I suppose this should be reported as a separate issue, but I felt it was sufficiently related to this one to warrant a comment.)
I have submitted D25485 to address this :) but if a dedicated send button is added, perhaps the multi-line input box could be restored, if the default behavior is changed to not send on Enter and only send when pressing the button. Ideally with a simple checkbox right in the formatting bar to toggle this behavior.
I agree with @waldyrious and I just want to add that, if somebody wants to add a button (and restore multi-line), here is probably the code:
https://we.phorge.it/rP95d174956639aac7525d52368944edfff7cdb824
return javelin_tag(
'button',
array(
'class' => 'grey',
'sigil' => 'conpherence-send-message',
),
pht('Send'));Taken from D25784
I would add that restoring multi-line and add that button is probably important to discourage multiple notifications for multiple lines, just because we can. So I still see a value in doing this. Even if I love the current UX improvement.