Slight tweak to comments

lconaway

Support with the read more button! Why can't we use the enter key anyway? Well, okay, spam, but with the read more button, this would be great. And the character limit blocks too much spam. So I 100% support!

TacoCatProuductions

100% support, This is something that has bothered be for AGES.
If we could get this inplemented into scratch, i would HUG you!

PizzaAddict4Life

Support! I did make a duplicate of this on accident but I think it is useful.

Also, to prevent spam, I was thinking you could only do two enters and then do at least a few words of text before you can do more.

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This was coming from another section

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Do you mean a tweak to the comments section on scratch projects or something else? This is a bit unclear

Last edited by PizzaAddict4Life (May 20, 2020 21:47:41)

xXRedTheCoderXx

Bump!

I absolutely love this idea. Not only will this make our comments look nice and neat, it could also be used for helping other users out with code in a Scratch project!

For example, I was once helping out someone with their code, explaining to them how to code something.

I commented with enters, like this.

when I start as a clone
repeat until <touching edge>
go to random position

But then it came out like this!

when I start as a clonerepeat until <touching edge>go to random position

I ended up having to use semicolons to signal another line of code.

Candylanguagegirl wrote:
Ok, so creative writing set aside, there HAS to be a way to introduce the enter key while keeping spam out of the picture. For instance, you'd have to have at least 10 words every time you hit enter? (Hey, that could actually work.)
Another option (as per Sheep_maker) is to have a “read more” option appear if too many enters are used.

Agreed. However, I'm not sure I agree with your idea to combat spam. Having to write 10 words every time you hit enter seems hard to code, at least for me. Who knows though? Maybe it's easier than popping a balloon with a cactus.

And, I feel like if there's going to be a “Read More,” button, might as well increase the character limit, too.

Anyway, I think I've found a pretty good alternative!

What about, the maximum blank lines in a row could be one! So, when you put more than that, the # blanks lines turn into 1.

Here's an example:

HI!!!

i am so cool B)

Would turn into:

HI!!!

i am so cool B)

This would be easy to code to, I feel like, because Scratch already has a system like that for spaces!

If you didn't already know, in a comment, this:

hi hi

Would turn into this!:

hi hi

TacoCatProuductions wrote:
If we could get this inplemented into scratch, i would HUG you!

Me too!

But not right now, we need to be social distancing.

Candylanguagegirl

xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:
What about, the maximum blank lines in a row could be one! So, when you put more than that, the # blanks lines turn into 1.

LOVE this. I really can't see anybody running into problems with this, idk why this isn't a feature already lol

Yeetoburro1

Support for reasons in the OP.

xXRedTheCoderXx

Candylanguagegirl wrote:
xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:
What about, the maximum blank lines in a row could be one! So, when you put more than that, the # blanks lines turn into 1.

LOVE this. I really can't see anybody running into problems with this, idk why this isn't a feature already lol

Thank you!

I really hope this gets implemented.

Last edited by xXRedTheCoderXx (June 30, 2020 22:01:50)

whiteandblackcat

xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:
What about, the maximum blank lines in a row could be one! So, when you put more than that, the # blanks lines turn into 1.

Yeah, that's a good idea! So you could space your messages, but not spam. Would you be able to leave one blank line between text, or would that get removed?
So like

Hi

hi

or like

hi
hi

xXRedTheCoderXx

whiteandblackcat wrote:
xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:
What about, the maximum blank lines in a row could be one! So, when you put more than that, the # blanks lines turn into 1.
Yeah, that's a good idea! So you could space your messages, but not spam. Would you be able to leave one blank line between text, or would that get removed?
So like
Hi

hi
or like
hi
hi

Yes, like I said you'd be able to leave a single blank line.

whiteandblackcat

xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:
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Yes, like I said you'd be able to leave a single blank line.

Ok, thanks for clarifying

qrcool

just realized this is from 2016 XD

Support. Tired of not being able to hit enter, as my commenting style uses enter a lot.

MyRioName

The title ‘Entering in comments’ doesn’t really say what this is all about.

if <I trip on posts> then
I get a big bump on my butt
end

TonyBrown148

Support!
Community benefits: High, we can format comments better!
Implementation difficulty: Very Easy

Also, I think “New lines in comments” serves better as a title.

nerdiebirdy

xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:
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Agreed. However, I'm not sure I agree with your idea to combat spam. Having to write 10 words every time you hit enter seems hard to code, at least for me. Who knows though? Maybe it's easier than popping a balloon with a cactus. And, I feel like if there's going to be a “Read More,” button, might as well increase the character limit, too.

Although someone could just do this:
hi
hi
hi
hi
hi
hi
hi
Imagine that hundreds of times, that would be pretty spammy. Although I agree that 10 words seems like too much.

whiteandblackcat

nerdiebirdy wrote:
xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:
-snip-
Agreed. However, I'm not sure I agree with your idea to combat spam. Having to write 10 words every time you hit enter seems hard to code, at least for me. Who knows though? Maybe it's easier than popping a balloon with a cactus. And, I feel like if there's going to be a “Read More,” button, might as well increase the character limit, too.
Although someone could just do this:
hi
hi
hi
hi
hi
hi
hi
Imagine that hundreds of times, that would be pretty spammy. Although I agree that 10 words seems like too much.

Perhaps you could also implement a “read more” button?

Nambaseking01

whiteandblackcat wrote:
Perhaps you could also implement a “read more” button?

Reading is key ;)

“Another option (as per Sheep_maker) is to have a ”read more“ option appear if too many enters are used.” - @Candylanguagegirl

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With a read more button, this could be an awesome feature. I can see a lot of people making cool text art with this, and me just making vast stories in comments with nice customization. It would really expand the freedom you get in comment boxes.

whiteandblackcat

Nambaseking01 wrote:
whiteandblackcat wrote:
Perhaps you could also implement a “read more” button?

Reading is key ;)

“Another option (as per Sheep_maker) is to have a ”read more“ option appear if too many enters are used.” - @Candylanguagegirl

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With a read more button, this could be an awesome feature. I can see a lot of people making cool text art with this, and me just making vast stories in comments with nice customization. It would really expand the freedom you get in comment boxes.

I saw that, I was bringing it to attention again

jaguar1501

have I posted here before?
If I haven't, then support. It's just generally a thing that needs to be added. Say someone wants to make some sort of acronym, like (I'm just using random words for the following lol)
Silly
Cats
Riding
Away
To
Chicken
Homeland (told you I was making up random words lol)
for some sort of aesthetic thing or whatever, but it turns out like
Silly Cats Riding Away To Chicken Homeland (it still makes sense but doesn't look nearly as good).
I would find that really annoying.

Last edited by jaguar1501 (July 3, 2020 18:11:31)

Yeetoburro1

bump

fdreerf

bump
I personally don't see why a short comment needs line breaks, and someone could make a 500-line comment and make the page very long.

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