Forced Line Break vs Normal Paragraph Return

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January 8, 2018
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Just Vote if you know the difference please.

Illustrator 2018 changed what text is selected with multiple clicks or command/Arrow keys.

A forced line break is now ignored.

That is the only line break that Illustrator supports in a Search/Replace function.

And now, that formatting character is ignored when triple clicking or Command/Down arrow.

Adobe claims this was is a design request to ignore forced line breaks when selecting text.

A change of behavior in a program, that is not requested or documented would normally be called a BUG.

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Correct answer pixxxelschubser

Bug or feature - this topic already exists at http://illustrator.uservoice.com: Topic Search for Paragraph return vs Forced Line, and selecting the line afterwards – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

jane-e

Community Expert

When I use Shift + Return, I expect it to be (and behave as) one paragraph, as it does in all the other programs I have used in a quarter of a century.

Engraver, you can put in a feature request to have an option in Preferences to change this behavior so that the choice for how this works can be made either way, making us all happy.

pixxxelschubser

Correct answer

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Bug or feature - this topic already exists at http://illustrator.uservoice.com: Topic Search for Paragraph return vs Forced Line, and selecting the line afterwards – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

S_Gans

Community Expert

I'm just responding here because, although I'm not sure what response you're requesting, I'm personally pleased with the change. I do agree, in previous versions, a triple click selected only the portion of the paragraph within the paragraph character and line break character, and now the triple click selects all the way between the paragraph characters.

Personally, I prefer this method. When I use a forced line break, I really do intend for that paragraph to be considered a single paragraph, so prefer to have that whole paragraph selected easily. For me, this is a new feature, not a bug.

Curious about the opinions of others on this.

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EngraverAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks. I understand how this would help for those who use a forced line break as it is intended.

It is made awkward with Illustrator's Find/Replace having a shortcut for a Forced Line Break and responds to ^n, but not ^p a more often used Paragraph return.

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