Enter asks, Ctrl+Enter breaks the line — in both chat modes

Almost every message here is one line, so the common action takes the bare key. Shift+Enter also breaks a line, because that is the reflex people arrive with.
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Gmer4Lfe
2026-08-17 18:04:13 -04:00
parent 4eb0a9c608
commit eaa78452bc
2 changed files with 31 additions and 3 deletions
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@@ -2028,7 +2028,19 @@ vv_ai_profiles_script();
wrapEl.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
const inp = $('input');
if (e.key === 'Enter' && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) { e.preventDefault(); send(); return; }
// Enter asks; Ctrl/Cmd+Enter breaks the line. The reverse of the usual editor convention,
// and right for this box: almost every message here is one line, so the common action
// gets the bare key and the rare one gets the modifier. Shift+Enter also breaks a line,
// because that is the reflex people arrive with from every other chat box.
if (e.key === 'Enter' && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
e.preventDefault();
const t = e.target;
const s = t.selectionStart ?? t.value.length, n = t.selectionEnd ?? s;
t.value = t.value.slice(0, s) + '\n' + t.value.slice(n);
t.selectionStart = t.selectionEnd = s + 1;
return;
}
if (e.key === 'Enter' && !e.shiftKey) { e.preventDefault(); send(); return; }
// Terminal habit: an empty box and Up gets back what you just asked, to edit rather than
// retype. Only when empty, or it would eat cursor movement in a question being written.
@@ -2360,7 +2372,8 @@ vv_ai_profiles_script();
// broke the tab it lives on.
function vv_ai_chat_keys(): array {
return [
['keys' => ['Ctrl', 'Enter'], 'what' => 'Ask', 'id' => 'send'],
['keys' => ['Enter'], 'what' => 'Ask', 'id' => 'send'],
['keys' => ['Ctrl', 'Enter'], 'what' => 'New line', 'id' => 'nl'],
['keys' => ['↑'], 'what' => 'Your last question, to edit', 'id' => 'recall'],
['keys' => ['/'], 'what' => 'Command — /help lists them', 'id' => 'slash'],
['keys' => ['Esc'], 'what' => 'Close a menu, or clear the box', 'id' => 'esc'],
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@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function vv_nc_pane_markup(string $prefix, bool $meshDefault = false,
<div style="display:flex;gap:6px;align-items:flex-start;margin-top:8px;flex-wrap:wrap;">
<textarea id="vv-nc-text" rows="2" placeholder="Message the mesh…"
onkeydown="if((event.ctrlKey||event.metaKey)&&event.key==='Enter')vvNcSend()"
onkeydown="vvNcKey(event)"
style="flex:1 1 260px;min-width:0;background:#0d0d0d;border:1px solid #2a2a2a;
color:#ddd;border-radius:4px;padding:6px 8px;font-family:inherit;
font-size:12px;resize:vertical;"></textarea>
@@ -555,6 +555,21 @@ function vvNcGrow(fromAi) {
}
}
// Same bargain as the assistant's box, because they are two halves of one card and a key that
// sends in one and breaks a line in the other is the kind of difference that costs a message.
function vvNcKey(e) {
if (e.key !== 'Enter') return;
if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) {
e.preventDefault();
const t = e.target;
const s = t.selectionStart ?? t.value.length, n = t.selectionEnd ?? s;
t.value = t.value.slice(0, s) + '\n' + t.value.slice(n);
t.selectionStart = t.selectionEnd = s + 1;
return;
}
if (!e.shiftKey) { e.preventDefault(); vvNcSend(); }
}
function vvNcEmoji(sel) {
const t = document.getElementById('vv-nc-text');
if (t && sel.value) { t.value += sel.value; t.focus(); }