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JLeslie's avatar

How do I make a new paragraph on facebook on my iPad?

Asked by JLeslie (65743points) April 22nd, 2011

They changed facebook again, and now when you hit return it enters your comment. I can’t figure out how to make a new paragraph using my ipad.

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XOIIO's avatar

Write your stuff in notes and copy-paste it

JLeslie's avatar

Ugh. I hope there is a better answer, but I guess that will work for now.

XOIIO's avatar

Facebook on Idevices sucks pretty hard

Blueroses's avatar

oh, oh!!! I know this one! Hit shift while you hit return. It was bumming me out too

Stefaniebby's avatar

Usually shift – enter works to create a new paragraph.

Blueroses's avatar

@Stefaniebby beat you to it :)

Stefaniebby's avatar

@Blueroses beat me to the punch ;)

Blueroses's avatar

You owe me a Coke

JLeslie's avatar

I’m gonna try now.

JLeslie's avatar

Not working.

XOIIO's avatar

That works on computers only I think

Seaofclouds's avatar

I think there is somewhere in the settings where you can make it so that ‘enter’ does not post a message, but instead starts a new paragraph, but I don’t remember where that is at. I’ll look around and see if I can find it.

ETA: All I could find on Facebook about it now is to use the shift + enter to do it. I’ll keep an eye out for it though. I remember seeing something about it once before.

Stefaniebby's avatar

@JLeslie :/ that’s lame, works on my tablet just fine :(

Blueroses's avatar

yeah, I see other ipad users saying that shift enter works for them

JLeslie's avatar

Maybe I’ll call Apple. I have something malfunctioning with the last update anyway.

WasCy's avatar

Shift-Enter is how you do it on a normal keyboard. If you have those keys on the iPad, then the combination should work.

Streak's avatar

I don’t know if anyone’s still following this question, but on my iPad the shift+enter combo does not work in comments. Other ipad users have said that the shift+enter combo works fine in wall posts, though. I don’t know why it would work only in wall posts and not comments, but it’s definitely a pain in the arse : |

Blueroses's avatar

I just happened across this solution:

FOR iOS USERS :
turn on your Caps Lock and then double click on shift icon, then press return

Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Enable Caps Lock

still seems like a hassle, but my friend says it works in all FB fields.

Lasse's avatar

Hold & down

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