tell me how in the chat when pressing enter there was a new line and not sending a request
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Hey, to move to a new line, try the shortcut Shift + Enter.
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The justification given for this is usually that “This is chat app behavior” … but no, that is a lie. IRC and AIM and all the others had a SEND key that sent the message in addition to Enter. Facebook started using the enter key to send … probably because they wanted people to send more messages, or keep the messages short.
It’s totally inappropriate and bad form in a code editor where you are using the enter key every time you type a new line of code, then you go over to the assistant, and you have to stop and question if you are about to press the wrong key. Forget writing a bullet list!
It’s sort of ironic that the editor I’m typing this message in rn seems to understand the right behavior.
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indeed. newline is more frequently used while sending request not. It’s obviously a bad design
exactly, I often rush to click “Cancel” because I mistakenly press the Enter key, as I think it will consume my token quota in a flash
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Cursor Agent “Chat” is not a back-and-forth chat with a friend. Often I need to describe what I want to do in much detail so that the agent gets exactly what I need, with enough context. I have to type out a full essay prompt for that, and having to Shift-Enter every new line is a waste of energy. Please give a Cursor Settings option to change from default:
- Enter to send, Shift-Enter for newline.
to the desired:
- Enter AND Shift-Enter for new line.
- Cmd-Enter (Mac)/Ctrl-Enter (Windows) to send.
NOTE: The reason Shift-Enter should not send is because we’re used to the default behavior and the last thing we want is for our “let me insert a new line Shift-Enter” muscle memory to start sending messages which aren’t ready yet.
I guess the only workaround right now is in Editor mode to create a new temporary tab to type out your prompt, then copy-paste it. The problem is, attaching files or other references can only be done effectively after pasting it in the agent chat.
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