Questions tagged [linebreak]
Posts about newlines/linebreaks on Stack Exchange: how to create one using a post/comment editor, bug reports about the presence or lack of one, etc.
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Moving the cursor on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor
Moving the cursor on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor. Example: Tested with Chrome + Windows 10.
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Clicking on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor
Clicking on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor. Example: Tested with Chrome + Windows 10. It doesn't happen in the Markdown-only or Markdown+preview views. It only happens when there ...
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Nothing appears to happen when pressing Enter in the middle of a line
When using the beta Stacks Editor1 in this example, pressing ENTER doesn't create a new line right before character W in the rich text editor mode. Nothing appears to happen in the editor. Env: Chrome ...
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Line break and typo issues in the blog post "The many strengths of neurodivergence"
In the recent blog post The many strengths of neurodivergence, there are two issues there: The content of "... Stack Overflow about their experience as ..." is split into two paragraphs, ...
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How to write multiline quotes in an answer
While answering questions, I found that the delimiter '>' for blockquotes on answers truncates newlines. Refer to the following example. I have typed one line here. This is has been typed on the ...
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How can I properly embed a code block into a Markdown table cell? Alternatively, how can I insert newlines into a code block without using `Enter`?
I have the following fenced code block: ```<br>a = 1<br>b = 2<br>``` I would like to replace the <br>s with some other character ?, so that it acts like a newline, so that the ...
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How can I make newline and align the equation of the math equation in CrossValidated?
I want to input a math equation in CrossValidated like this: But I want a version of vectorized latex equation, not an image like above (you can zoom in the webpage to validate it). When I input the ...
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New line on the answers list starts too early
A new line of the question title on the user's answers page starts too early (e.g. Shog9's answers): It seems that the width of the blue margin (on the picture) should be slightly (?) reduced to ...
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How can I allow linebreaks after backslash `\` characters?
I have an answer which involves a very long filepath. Search for regedit, and then press Enter. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace I'...
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Line break rendering of the first paragraph of a question in mousever on the main page
The first words of a question are displayed in the mouseover when hovering over the question on the main page. It seems that single line breaks in the markdown will be rendered as line breaks, ...
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Newline In Stackoverflow Comments? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: How about newlines within comments? When posting a comment in stackoverflow how do I add newlines? I pasted some multi-line code example and stackoverflow stipped the newline ...
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How to do a single newline
How do I do a single newline/carriage return when typing a question or answer? For example, if I wanted to write some columns with values as in an Excel spreadsheet. I see people do it all the time, ...
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Add "paragraphs" to Markdown help
Like balpha once explained very nicely, a <br> line break (newline) should be used in very few cases, and surely is not the same as a new <p> paragraph. Still the Markdown help only ...
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Four space indentation doesn't format as code immediately after newline
The next line is indented by 4 spaces and should appear as code: This should appear as code Picture of issue: Possibly related to this issue?
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How insert a carriage return in a comment? Is it possible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: How about newlines within comments ? How can I do it? I tried the "two spaces thing" and it didn't work. Is it really not possible to enter a carriage return in a comment? ...
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