I understand that a alt/option return will create a line break or new line from a PC or iPad for iMessage, but this is not possible to do from an iPhone with a more limited key board.
How do you create line breaks or a new line from an iPhone iMessage.
Thanks
Han
iPhone, iOS 4
My apologies!!
On an iPhone I concure you just hit the Return key to break for a new line...
Within the Messages App on a mac laptop or desktop you have to hold the ALT key when you press Return.
This really frustrated me until I looked it up. - Hopefully this post will help others... 🙂
Use the "return" key....
Where is the ALT key on an iPhone?
Unfortunately, hitting the 'return' key sends the message! 😮
The problem is that if you are posting on facebook and want to put a line break into your posting, pressing <return> publishes the post. I need a <newline> character (ASCII code 10) rather than <return> (ASCII code 13).
Other keys can generate accented variants (e.g. È é ê) by holding them down for a short period and sliding to the desired character. Maybe iOS designers should add this facility? It would certainly help me! How can we ask for this to be included?
This thread is about iMessage, not Facebook.
However, whether pressing the Return key submits a post or inserts a new line character is entirely up to the developer of the website or app you are using. It is not hard-coded into the keyboard.
Just hit the return key.
Hold down the ALT key when you press Enter / Return.
Apparently my problem is that there was a bug in my IOS and so resetting the phone as new allowed the return to work properly. Alas it also deleted tons of stuff I had in other apps that I wish I could have saved.
How do you add a new line or line break in iMessage from an iPhone
