"Break" button and treat <cr> as break

[anonymous]

Please consider the following 2 thing:

• Adding a button that would insert [[BR]] when clicked
• Treating carriage return as a new line

[Emmanuel Blot]

Please find a patch that adds a line break button to the existing wiki toolbar.
You'll need to apply the patch file and overwrite the existing bitmap file with the attached one)

The second proposition (to treat a line break in the wiki edit area as a carriage return) would break existing wiki syntax, if not removing a very useful editing feature.

[Matthew Good]

I think that if there's going to be a button it should add "\n\n" instead of [[BR]], since the paragraph separation is generally more appropriate than forcing a linebreak.

[Emmanuel Blot]

I'm not sure whether a button is required to save a double hit on the return key in this case.
I was thinking about a shortcut to save from typing the long [[BR]] syntax.

Btw, the proposed button refers to a carriage return + line feed, whereas a \n\n introduces a paragraph break.

In other words, the question is: should the button produce a line break ([[BR]]) or a paragraph break (\n\n)?

[Matthew Good]

Well, I don't think the buttons generally save time. I see them more as a way for new users to use some syntax if they haven't read the WikiFormatting docs yet. I think that the [[BR]] should be used sparingly, but giving it a button would seem to encourage its use as a common practice. It sounds like the reporter has encountered users confused how to start a new line, but based on the usage of [[BR]] I've seen on this site, most would've been more appropriate as a new paragraph. If a [[BR]] button is deemed necessary I think that it should be preceded by a \n\n button with the "¶" symbol.

[Emmanuel Blot]

Yes, I think both buttons would be nice. I'll send a new patch.

[Emmanuel Blot]

Add two "line break" and "new paragraph" buttons to the wiki toolbar

[Emmanuel Blot]

New wikitoolbar bitmap (replace existing htdocs/edit_toolbar.png file)

[Emmanuel Blot]

I've updated the patch and the bitmap to support both paragraph and line breaks.

[Emmanuel Blot]

Implemented in [3467]

[anonymous]

​http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/3277# ​http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/3277#

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