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Space after an enter

  • Jul 1, 2025 12:27 PM UTC
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Is there a way to change the setting so a press of the ‘enter’ key inserts a <br> (single line) rather than a <p> (double line)?

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Saymon
Dentally Team
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  • Dentally Team
  • Jul 1, 2025 1:07 PM UTC

Hey ​@Fozzy  👋

With Enter you always starts a new paragraph (so you get the extra blank line).

If you just want a single line break, hit Shift + Enter instead.

 

There’s no setting to flip that behaviour as changing the default from <p> to <br> would break other layout and accessibility features, so our development team have kept the industry-standard setup.


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  • Enthusiast
  • Jan 20, 2026 7:27 PM UTC

I concur fozzy. I find the <p> tag everywhere annoying too, particularly when copying and pasting text from historic Dentally notes. I remember the days before they made this change. It was a lot better but I guess we’re in the minority that are bothered by it.