Posting code snippets from a mobile device

[Vegar]

The post code snippets button is not available when posting from an mobile device. (See screenshot me using the Chrome browser on a Samsung Galaxy 10 phone.)

This leaves us to write our code examples in the normal dialogue. The issue by using the normal dialogue is that every time I do a line break I get a new paragraph, creating a lot of white space between the lines. This makes the code snippet less readable.

Example;

Load

   Field1,

   Field2,

   Field3

From

  My.qvd (qvd)

Where 

  Field1 > $(vAriable)

;

I would suggest that when typing from a mobile device the line breaks by pressing enter are not interpreted as a new paragraph. Instead line break on my mobile keyboard should be interpreted as just a simple line break. Personally I have no problem pressing enter twice to get the looks of a paragraph in normal text. 

If you implement simple line breaks the code snipplet above would look like this:

Example;
Load
   Field1,
   Field2,
   Field3
From
  My.qvd (qvd)
Where 
  Field1 > $(vAriable)
;

What do you say? Is this possible to implement or do you have another suggestion on how to post examples of script code from an mobile device?

BR

Vegar

[Sue_Macaluso]

@Anonymous Hey Jeremy, any thoughts on this? Thanks

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi Vegar,

Thanks for your question.

That’s correct that using the Return/Enter key creates a double-spaced line break (as follows).

However, you can also hold Shift while pressing Return/Enter to create a single-spaced line break (as follows).
[Single-spaced line here.]

This works on desktop as well as mobile. On my mobile iOS, the shift key is the “up arrow” icon.

Let me know if you have any issues.

Best,
Jeremy

[Vegar]

I where aware of the Shift-Enter on the computer. I didn't know it was possible to achieve on an iOS device. Unfortunately it is not a supported feature on my Android keyboard so your tip didn't help me 😥