Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property configures the behavior of the Enter and Shift+Enter keys in HTML editor fields, allowing for adjustments between inserting block elements or line breaks. |
| What area does it affect? |
HTML editor fields |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "default", which is the baseline setting used unless it is changed. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when adjusting content formatting preferences in HTML editors. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
glide.ui.html.editor.newline_behavior |
| Sys ID |
0eb82c62532032109aadd351c0f7b44b |
| Type |
string |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
default |
| Description |
The system property enables you to adjust what happens when enter or return is pressed on the HTML editor fields like HTML editor, Translated HTML, HTML Script.
default: Inserts a block (defined by forced_root_block) on Enter, and a br tag on shift+ Enter.
block: Forces the above enter behavior in all cases.
linebreak: Forces the above shift+Enter behavior in all cases.
invert: swaps Enter and shift+ enter behavior. |
| Updated |
2025-10-16 00:08:51 |
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