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do not send messages when <enter> is pressed. change to another shortcut key.

I have to edit my messages several times because every time I press enter for a Carriage Return, it sends instead. I know the shortcut key for Carriage Return is SHIFT+ENTER but its not very intuitive and makes for miscommunication. Thank you for your consideration.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please reverse this back to making ENTER send the message, like all the other chat clients. It isn't a word processor. It's a chat client. HipChat, Slack, Discord, Google Hangouts, they all SEND when you hit ENTER.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes!! CNTL Enter= send, Enter= next line. Kind of like ALL other programs since the dawn of word processing ...
    Why did MS change this?

    Oh, wow... enter takes meto the next line here in this comment section .... how novel.
    Pls fix ASAP.

    Thank you

  • Justin Dao commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    +1 Would love the option to stop sending on ENTER, and force using the send arrow instead.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    +1 from me - so annoying to have to continually go to ... / Edit

    LinkedIn changed it years ago, so i am sure Micrsosft can introduce a similar functionality to be more user friendly

    thanks

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    i have found that if you hit enter and send the message early by mistake, best to click on the [...] and go to edit. you can then and add in the rest of the message without having to post or reply to your own message.

    not an ideal solution, but a workaround none the less.

  • lper commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I suggest microsoft to connect the <enter> key to shutdown your computer. Indeed, the <enter> key is not used for any purpose, so we can attach it to whatever function.
    Thxs, microsoft!

  • Ewa commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This should be optional.
    Several workers in my company are having hard time to switch from e-mail writing with the "enter" button to a TEAMS way of communication.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    please make this optional ! this is extremely embarrassing and I keep typing elsewhere and pasting it to Teams to save from the shame of looking like an idiot and sending half typed messages.

  • WK commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I agree with frustration. I hope MS will change it.
    If you are techy, here is a temporary workaround for Windows users:
    1. Install AutoHotKey: it intercepts your keyboard and replaces it with whatever you program it to do.
    2. Save a script file in your Windows Startup folder with this content:
    ; Over-ride the Enter key, to send shift-enter instead IF inside Teams window:
    #IfWinActive Microsoft Teams
    enter::Send +{enter}
    NumpadEnter::Send +{enter}
    #IfWinActive
    3. Run this script, and Enter will act like Shift-Enter; while MS Ctrl-Enter already has Ctrl-Enter set to do what we expect.

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