Slack messaging lacks accessible newline entry, forcing workarounds
Users want an easy way to insert line breaks while composing Slack messages, but report no built-in setting to change Enter''s default send behavior. The friction pushes some to copy-paste newlines from other apps just to format multi-line messages.
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