Line Breaks in Messages

Apple has strayed form the norm of using Shift-Returns for line breaks and uses Option-Return for Messages. Used to work fine in iChat back in the day. This can be a real pain on the desktops. Is there a way to institute a shift-return in the app?

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 3, 2020 5:39 AM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2020 9:40 AM

Hello there Julian Dwyer,


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities! We understand that you are inquiring about changing the functionality of keys when creating line breaks. We are more than happy to help you out with this.


Currently, this is not a feature of macOS. If you believe this would be beneficial, do not hesitate to leave product feedback. You can do so below:


Product Feedback


Best!

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Sep 4, 2020 9:40 AM in response to Julian Dwyer

Hello there Julian Dwyer,


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities! We understand that you are inquiring about changing the functionality of keys when creating line breaks. We are more than happy to help you out with this.


Currently, this is not a feature of macOS. If you believe this would be beneficial, do not hesitate to leave product feedback. You can do so below:


Product Feedback


Best!

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