How To Prevent Enter Key From Sending Chat Message

Anonymous
2022-11-11T15:44:24+00:00

I am often working in other windows but have a lot of teams messages that I need to address. This results in my sending meaningless messages accidentally when I hit ENTER thinking I am in a different window but I am really in teams. How do I by default prevent the ENTER button from sending a message?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-12T16:29:51+00:00

    thats the problem! why can't MS just fix this bug??

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-22T10:30:35+00:00

    It's nice to have active 'press enter' to send message, and for typing at next line shift + enter.

    Fantastic trick.

    Thank you

    Sachin

    Everyone knows how to enter a soft return except maybe you but that is not an answer.

    I used to do that. The problem is that it is not always possible and then the habit becomes a problem elsewhere.

    One could assign a macro to another key (pressing a function key would be like a soft return) but what is really required is something like an addon that recognizes the site ChatGPT and blocks the return key. It probably needs some low-level trick that might turn out to be device-specific. I don't write code anymore but if there isn't a solution within Windows then this is the only way.

    However, given that CharGPT is "partly" owned by Microsoft I thought maybe the message will be passed on to them since they don't seem to pay attention to any direct questions made to them.

    Apart from that, I think since Microsoft has taken over they must have changed the system and put in more control because the responses have changed and sound like a nanny always accompanied with motherly advice and avoids answering questions that might potentially lead to copyright fringes or health risks.

    Here we were worried about AI. It is already monopolized and not made available to the public. Shame.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-30T07:24:02+00:00

    It's nice to have active 'press enter' to send message, and for typing at next line shift + enter.

    Fantastic trick.

    Thank you

    Sachin

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-16T19:56:55+00:00

    This was super helpful, shift / enter! brilliant!!

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