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
    2025-06-12T01:40:45+00:00

    As Microsoft still doesn't have an option to change the default behaviour of ENTER when you are in teams (from SEND to Line Feed or Carriage Return) you can use a third party tool like autohotkey as a work around with this script. This only changes the behaviour of ENTER when you are in Teams.

    #IfWinActive ahk_exe Teams.exe

    Enter::

    Send +{Enter}

    Return

    #IfWinActive

    Save this as a text file somewhere with the .ahk file suffix then double-click to run it.

    If you like it and want it to always run:

    1. Press Win + R → type shell:startup → press Enter
    2. Copy your .ahk file into this folder

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-12T13:08:00+00:00

    A third-party tool is not a practical solution as my company, and many others, do not allow installation of non-corporate approved applications on computers for security reasons. As these tools do not meet business critical needs they will never be evaluated and approved for use.

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

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

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