Paragraph breaks in posts

[jpr]

So, I don't know if I'm missing something simple here, but I'm having this problem that when I write posts on this forum from my PC, pressing enter does not insert a line break. It will look properly formatted when I'm writing it, but after it posts, it will be all one long paragraph. I have to manually inter the html line break code to get paragraphs or line breaks. When I post here from my phone, however, hitting enter in the posts works to format the post correctly. I'm using Firefox on my Windows 7 PC.

 

[Cory Streater]

I can't reproduce and nobody else has reported this.

 

[Devinator]

Have you tried writing something in Notepad that has line breaks, then copy and pasting it into a post, then hit Preview, to see if it registers the line breaks?

 

[jpr]

I just tried the notepad thing and it still took out the line breaks and was all one paragraph when I previewed it. Thanks though for trying to help.

 

[Devinator]

Hmm. Do you participate in Forums on any other Sites? Just curious if you only experience this at AC. If you have the problem else where, at least we'd know that the culprit isn't on ACs end.

Also, have you tried posting using IE instead of FF?

 

[jpr]

I currently post in probably 15 or so other forums with no problem and have posted in many more than that in the past. That's why I asked the question, since this is the only forum I experience this problem. I've experienced this since my first post in this forum and have never experienced it in any other forum.

I just posted this in IE to test it. And it looks from the Preview that the line breaks work, but I will not use IE for a variety of reasons.

 

[Devinator]

Hmm, well, at least we know there is some quirk regarding FF and AC. I can't imagine what it could be, but, that narrows down the problem a bit.

Yea, I don't blame you. I only use FF as well. But, I don't experience the issue you are having.

 

[jpr]

Ah, I just fixed it. I went into options and turned off the WYSIWYG editor and switched to Standard. I tried that before, wondering if it was the problem, but the forum timed out right after I did it and I guess it didn't stick the first time or reverted.

I just went back to options to try the Basic editor and saw it was back on WYSIWYG. I use WYSIWYG editor on other forums and always set that when it's an option and don't have the problem. But I don't mind using Standard. So I'm fine now.

 

[Devinator]

Yea. I figured it was a setting in FF. Thanks for coming back to post your solution!!

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[jpr]

Just to clarify, this was a profile setting on this forum, not in Firefox. It's under the User CP, Settings, Edit Options.

 

[jean15paul]

For my own curiousity ... what is WYSIWYG?

 

[jpr]

"What You See Is What You Get" - It allows you to use all formatting controls and see exactly how it will look in your post.

 

[Devinator]

Just to clarify, this was a profile setting on this forum, not in Firefox. It's under the User CP, Settings, Edit Options.

Whoops, my bad. When you said Options my mind went right up to the Tools menu in FF. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Cory Streater]

I'll fix tomorrow. What version of FF are you using?

 

[jpr]

Firefox 14.0.1. The regular release version. Thanks.

 

[Cory Streater]

I can reproduce the problem in FF 14.0.1 on either a Mac (gasp) or a PC. I'm not sure what the issue is, especially if nobody else is having it. The only thing I could suggest is disabling any Add-Ons you might have and see if the problem still exists. Also, if you have any particular zoom settings, or are forcing a specific font style, either could also be problematic.

 

[jpr]

Ok, don't worry about it. I'm ok using the standard editor. I'd rather do that than get rid of any add-ons. Thanks.

 

[Cory Streater]

Thanks! And the word can should have been can't in the first sentence. Of all the words to misspell...