Shift+Return does not create a line break

[JustYourBud]

I've only tried this extension on Firefox but when using shift+return to try and create a line break in a message, it stays on the same line.
I have my settings set to the recommended ones in the README, so I'm not sure where this issue is coming from. It's not a huge one but it makes sending something like a block of code relativity more difficult.

Images from Firefox and Edge respectively

[anaclumos]

I'll try to look into this. One question: Doesn't Bing eventually ignore all line breaks when submitting the prompt?

[JustYourBud]

I'm not sure, I haven't been able to use it enough. The only scenario I could see where you'd want to use them a lot is, like I said, writing a quick snippet of code or something.

[JustYourBud]

So after using it a bit more, the formatting does get lost once you send your message (or at the very least the code I sent was completely jumbled), thought I don't think Sydney seems to care--she still understands perfectly.

I do still think it would be a good thing to have, just for the sake of making sure everything is properly formatted in the input box beforehand, regardless of how the output displays. Personally speaking it just helps me make sure everything is correct before I send it to Bing, which is especially important right now when conversations are still so limited.

[anaclumos]

Ok. I'll look into the matter.

[DovieW]

It seems to be working fine for me.

[fullerenedream]

I have this problem too. It's hard to read my own messages without being able to use line breaks.

[archont00]

The biggest issue is when I try to type (or even paste from plain text editor) a code block. It is pretty tough to read code without visible line breaks :-) On the other hand, it seems that line break characters are preserved as Bing happily translates the code to other programming language without errors. (I use Firefox, Ubuntu Linux.)

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This issue is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.

[anaclumos]

So after some research, I found that Bing does register as \n, but it's Firefox's problem that it does not render as a line break. Any suggestions?

[SpiralNuggets]

Can you do something like directly inject the line break into the prompt box?

[ngoclong19]

I think we could add a CSS rule white-space: pre-wrap; to the text area .text-input .text-area.

Currently, it is white-space: inherit;, and resolved to normal, which is affected by the following Firefox's bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1830555

[JustYourBud]

I think it's worth noting that Bing has recently been updated to render line breaks in the user's message bubbles now, despite Firefox still not displaying it properly in the input. Doesn't really help with this issue in particular but I thought it was worth a mention that they are registered during and after being sent, even though not shown in the input box.

and lo and behold the text bubble actually does use white-space: pre-wrap as @ngoclong19 suggested the input box do

[anaclumos]

I think the message-composing area is crucial. However, the current Bing design employs a label, which makes it impossible to create a line break. Can you suggest any alternatives?

[ngoclong19]

As a workaround, I'm using this rule in uBlock Origin:
bing.com##.text-input .text-area:style(white-space: pre-wrap !important)

I think we need a way to inject the above CSS style in to the page.

@anaclumos I think the label text is empty so what get rendered is only the textarea nested directly inside.
My understanding is that the data-input attribute of the label element isn't a standard attribute, so it purpose is to facilitate Bing internal working, and won't affect browser rendering.

[jcuenod]

document.querySelector("cib-serp")
    .shadowRoot.querySelector("cib-action-bar")
    .shadowRoot.querySelector("#searchboxform label")
        .style.whiteSpace = "pre-wrap"

[anaclumos]

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