zulip/templates/zerver/help/enable-or-disable-pressing-enter-to-send.md

Enable or disable Press Enter to send

Zulip supports configuring whether the Enter key on your keyboard sends a message that you are composing.

By default, with the Press Enter to send checkbox disabled:

• The Enter key simply adds a blank line to the message. This is great if you want to write multi-line messages that include blank lines, which is much more common in Zulip than in other chat products.
• To send your message, you can either press the Send button in the compose box or from the keyboard, use Tab and then Enter.

However, if you check the Press Enter to send checkbox in the compose box, the behavior will instead be as follows:

• There is no Send button in the compose box; Zulip sends your message when you press Enter (or Return) on your keyboard.
• If necessary, you can enter blank lines into your message using Ctrl+Enter, Alt+Enter, and Shift+Enter.