How To Prevent Enter Key From Sending Chat Message

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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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Anonymous

2025-04-08T08:23:13+00:00

how many people does it take to highlight this bug before MS will fix it?
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Anonymous

2025-04-07T16:57:11+00:00

These lines in the script:
; Shift+Enter becomes Enter

+Enter:: {

Send "{Enter}"

}

#HotIf

means that Hotkey from "+Enter" can change to anything you like. "Enter" key on its own will only give you a line feed.
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Anonymous

2025-04-07T16:43:20+00:00

how can it be years without a fix to make this configurable? WTH?

give us an option to make the result of control+shift+x a default method of text
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Anonymous

I finally did this script for AutoHotkey as I am fed-up with waiting. It works. It swaps Enter for Shift Enter. So, whiles running Enter key is a line feed and **** Enter Sends: I have uploaded it on their site as well. You can add other apps and sites to the list.

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0

; List of applications/websites where the Enter/Shift+Enter swap should be active

; Format: Window title must contain one of these strings (case-insensitive)

chatApplications := [

"WhatsApp",      ; WhatsApp Desktop

"ChatGPT",       ; ChatGPT

"Claude",        ; Claude AI

"Anthropic",     ; Claude/Anthropic

"Copilot",       ; Microsoft Copilot    

"Perplexity",    ; Perplexity AI

"Telegram"       ; Telegram Desktop

]

; Check if the active window is a chat application

IsActiveChatApp() {

activeTitle := WinGetTitle("A")

for app in chatApplications {

    if InStr(activeTitle, app, true) {

        return true

    }

}

return false

}

; Swap Enter and Shift+Enter only in chat applications

#HotIf IsActiveChatApp()

; Enter becomes Shift+Enter

Enter:: {

    Send "+{Enter}"

}

; Shift+Enter becomes Enter

+Enter:: {

    Send "{Enter}"

}

#HotIf

; Create a tray menu to allow users to edit the application list

A_TrayMenu.Add("Edit Application List", EditAppList)

A_TrayMenu.Add() ; Add a separator line

A_TrayMenu.Add("Reload Script", ReloadScript)

A_TrayMenu.Add("Exit", ExitScript)

; Function to edit the application list

EditAppList(*) {

; Join the array into a comma-separated string

appListText := ""

for index, app in chatApplications {

    appListText .= app

    if index &lt; chatApplications.Length {

        appListText .= ", "

    }

}

; Show input box with current list

newList := InputBox("Enter application names, separated by commas:", "Edit Application List", , appListText)

; Process the new list if user didn't cancel

if !newList.Result = "Cancel" {

    ; Clear current list

    chatApplications.Length := 0

    ; Split by comma and trim whitespace

    appArray := StrSplit(newList.Value, ",")

    for app in appArray {

        appTrimmed := Trim(app)

        if appTrimmed != "" {

            chatApplications.Push(appTrimmed)

        }

    }

    ; Reload script to apply changes

    Reload

}

}

; Function to reload the script

ReloadScript(*) {

Reload

}

; Function to exit the script

ExitScript(*) {

ExitApp

}

; Show a startup tooltip

ToolTip("Enter/Shift+Enter Swap Active`nRight-click tray icon for options", 1000, 700)

SetTimer () => ToolTip(), -3000 ; Remove after 3 seconds

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Anonymous

2025-03-22T16:33:47+00:00

Tell me about it. You can't even remap it using your PowerToys.

I have a case against Microsoft that is solid. I have documented their support team lying refusing to release telephone transcripts that I specifically allowed so that I could get a copy because I knew beforehand what they would say. or the damages.

I can't be bothered because I don't trust the ADR either. At best they give you refund not the cost of all the time required to put a case together.

One of the idiots' excuses for not sending me the transcript was that you are going to use it against me. That is an excuse worse than the crime.

But Google is just as bad. Then they have these cheap solicitors who can get paid anywhere else pretending to be independent volunteers doing it for the good of community who don't understand the technical language and report you when you tell them what they are.

These cheap solicitors get spanked on daily basis by courts in the UK on daily basis but here they sound tough resorting to grandstanding, threats, intimidation when they really know Jack. Pathetic the whole of them.

It is an obvious design flaw that they are keeping in there for other reasons. Yet another tool of control.

Welcome to 1984
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