Formatting Test

Line one test. Beginning of second new line. Beginning of third new line. Shift Enter test... beginning of another new line, two below from the last one.

Line one test. Hit ENTER once. This shows as line two. Hit ENTER again. This shows as line three. Hit ENTER twice. This shows as line five.

Line one test. Line two test. (I hit ENTER twice.) Line three test. I hit SHIFT-ENTER twice.)

PASTING this from Notepad/Textpad This is paragraph #2. And this is line 3 / Paragraph #3.

PASTING this from WordPad. This is line #2 / paragraph #2. And this is line #3 / Paragraph #3.

Does anyone know why my paragraphs disappear? It makes no difference which browser I use. I've tried Firefox, Edge, Opera, and Chrome. In each case, when I type a sentence and hit ENTER, like right NOW I "see" a new paragraph on the screen... but then after I hit the SUBMIT button below, and view the text, there are no paragraphs at all. Everything is run together. I've had this problem for at least five years.

Android phone formatting test. This is line 2. This is line 3.

@Ed-Collins

 This is from copy/pasting?  When you paste, how are you doing it?  Right clicking and selecting paste? CTRL+v?  Make sure you are not selecting paste without formatting.  OR, try adding an extra line in between paragraphs after you paste - that might help.  Sometimes editors on different sites don't pick up the space formatting from another program.  

When I pasted in the text for those two paste attempts, I was highlighting the text from Notepad (and then Word), copying it to memory via CTRL-C, and then pasting it here via CTRL-V. As you can see, that didn't work either. The text that I copied into memory contained paragraph breaks... which I did indeed see on the screen after the paste. But then when I hit hit orange SUBMIT button below, and saw the result, the paragraph breaks were all lost. This line here is the start of a the third paragraph in this reply. (I hit ENTER twice after the word LOST in the sentence above.) I can see this new paragraph in this REPLY window. So this line should also be a new paragraph. But it will also be lost once I hit the SUBMIT button. I can't figure this out to save my life. (And this line is the fourth paragraph... which will also be run together.)

So in my reply above, none of it was pasted. It was all just typed from hand. And as you can see, no paragraphs were the result, despite me seeing them on the screen. So it's got nothing to do with copying and pasting. The problem exists without copying and pasting.

@Ed-Collins

 

 Let's see what happens for me.

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

And now I test an edit. THis is all done here, no pasting.

Seems it does not happen with me.
THis is line 2 and I am pasting from notepad.

@Ed-Collins

Some browser extensions (especially ad blockers or privacy-related extensions) can interfere with how text is rendered in forms. Try disabling any extensions temporarily to see if they might be affecting text formatting. You can also try using Incognito/Private mode in your browser to rule out extension interference.

 

DeaconBlues suggestion Test #1. (My Firefox Ghostery Ad Blocker extension is now turned off. I closed Firefox and then re-started it.) I just hit ENTER twice... and in dong so, this is now paragraph #2. I just hit SHIFT-ENTER twice... and in doing so, this is now paragraph #3.

Sigh...

DeaconBlues suggestion Test #2. (Private Window) I just hit ENTER twice so this is displaying to me as paragraph #2. I just hit SHIFT ENTER twice and in doing so, this is displaying as paragraph #3.

Sigh...

@Ed-Collins

 

 Sorry, I missed your replies until now.  Is your Firefox up to date?  I'll test this on Firefox. I use Chrome and don't seem to have any issues. 

Chrome Test:

Testing line breaks in Chrome.  There will be a break after this line.

Edit: 
Unlike no line breaks in FF, looks like Chrome adds an extra line... :p 

 

And this is the start of a new line. 

Firefox test

Testing line breaks in Firefox.  There should be a break after this line.

And this is the start of a new line. 

Ok, so next question is, what device, and have you done all your updates? :)

Yes, I periodically download all Firefox updates regularly. It's the latest version. But note it's not just Firefox. I also have Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and now the Opera browser. I've tried them all. They all produce the same result. So that's why I don't think it's related to Firefox. My device is a desktop computer, running Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. My internet provider is Spectrum, if that makes a difference. I can't figure out for the life of me why my paragraphs are lost after the submit button is hit. It makes no sense to me. It's discouraging because a large reply without paragraph breaks is often hard to read. (That's what paragraphs are for.) As another test I should probably boot up an old work laptop of mine, and log in with that, to see if that is any better. Oh yea, also, note that if I click on any of the "Quote Post" links, nothing is quoted... nothing is entered in this large REPLY box. Years ago I remember being able to quote posts, so that's broken for me too. This reply now has a total of seven different paragraphs including this one. And yet it will all be displayed as one, once I hit SUBMIT.

Important. I HAVE learned that if I EDIT the post AFTER it's been initially sent, that usually works. (Although I don't see that EDIT box available each and every time.)

After initially submitting the post, I can click that EDIT box and then hit ENTER where I want a new paragraph to start and the resulting paragraph will indeed be seen.

But I know I shouldn't have to do that.

As a test, I'll try it with this post.

This will be a new paragraph.

And this will be yet another new paragraph.

 

Sure enough, if I hit ENTER while editing the post, everything is okay. Just not initially. Go figure.

Hey Ed-Collins,

One thing you can try if you haven't is to clear your browsing data and cached images and files within your browser settings. After that has been done completely close your browser and reopen, you will have to re-login to Covers as well.

Okay Flynt, I will give that a try later this afternoon. Thanks.

However, when I recently downloaded a new and different browser (Opera), I should have started fresh with that one... nothing cached, etc.  I do recall having to log in, as that new browser didn't know my settings.

I had the same darn result, so I'm not yet convinced this will work.

I'm stepping out the door now so I'll try that later.