Custom items, description boxes on PC sheets are broken.
You can type in box but when you hit enter on the keyboard the cursor does not progress to next line.
So basically every custom item spell, weapon, special feature description is limited to one single line.
This issue is across Chrome, Firefox. Edge.
Over the years we (me & my players) have created and use a lot of Custom Items in our dnd games. This is a new issue preventing our normal and fun gameplay.
Hey, Thanks for checking... issue still persists for me in Chrome, Firefox. Edge. Cleared cache an rebooted PC and tried it on mobile device too... idk. Tried Shift Enter and Alt Enter too. Didn't work.
Here's the issue...
Everything types on one line.... Description Option 1, Option 2, Option 3
What I want and what I have done in the past is the following layout...
Description:
- Option 1,
- Option 2,
- Option 3
Hitting enter in the description box doesn't move cursor to next line line so everything I type just stays on one single line.
By the way, hitting enter in the Notes section of the character sheet works fine. This issue is just in the Custom item section.
That’s very weird. I’ve tried Firefox and Chrome on my laptop, and Firefox on my phone, and I’m not having that issue at all. I can add new lines in all of them.
What happens if you copy+paste text with multiple lines?
Hey Thanks for checking again... still having issue tho.
Yea I can edit in word then paste back in the custom item description box. It works but very cumbersome/pain especially when it used to work no problem.
I use Beyond20 to roll dice to Virtual Table Tops. I checked with them initially and they said it was a DnD beyond issue but if its working fine for you then I'll recheck with them to se if its related to Beyond20. Even if I turn off the Beyond20 extension the issue persists. I don't know, its an anomaly for sure...
This line in select.tsx is preventing the enter key from working in text areas. It looks like this is intended to only affect 'select' elements (or at least a type of dropdown) and not 'textarea' but I'm not sure on that. Copy and pasting works because the enter key is not used.
In the example video below I just remove the event listener that triggers this and it allows enter to work again. This works for both the snippet and description fields.
In case it's relevant sheet version @dndbeyond/character-app@1.69.154.
Hey All, Thanks for helping to triage and understand the issue. Good to know its not just me... :)
Hoping DnD Beyond will release a sheet update shortly to address the issue.
@Jay_Lane... Thanks for the video, I'll F12 and try that process. Although I'm not a programmer and will probably make things worse. LOL
More than likely I'll just have to live with the copy paste option until DnD Beyond sheets are patched... Thanks again All!
When removing it in the dev tools it will just add the event listeners back on next interaction generally so isn't a permanent solution. It would mess with dropdowns to remove it anyway. So not really worth doing to get things to work tbh - copy and paste is probably the best solution for now.
@spamandtuna it looks like per your youtube you created custom equipment item which is under the inventory tab. The enter key works fine me in this section.
The problem with the enter key is under tabs - Action> Other> Manage Custom> Manage Custom Actions or if you Add New Actions...
Manage Custom Actions: Options
1. General (Hitting Enter does not work in Snippet & Description Boxes)
2. Spell (Hitting Enter does not work in Snippet & Description Boxes)
3. Weapon (Hitting Enter does not work in Snippet & Description Boxes)
Ah! The thread was originally about custom items. I missed that you were showing something different. 😅
Makes sense I think I read it wrong in my head originally is why I tried custom actions 🤣. Read 'item' as just meaning a custom 'thing' rather then inventory item.
Custom items, description boxes on PC sheets are broken.
You can type in box but when you hit enter on the keyboard the cursor does not progress to next line.
So basically every custom item spell, weapon, special feature description is limited to one single line.
This issue is across Chrome, Firefox. Edge.
Over the years we (me & my players) have created and use a lot of Custom Items in our dnd games. This is a new issue preventing our normal and fun gameplay.
Please address via patch or provide a solution.
Thanks
TomJ
Seems to work fine for me. Do you get the same issue in another browser or on another device? Does it work if you use Shift+Enter?
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Hey, Thanks for checking... issue still persists for me in Chrome, Firefox. Edge. Cleared cache an rebooted PC and tried it on mobile device too... idk. Tried Shift Enter and Alt Enter too. Didn't work.
Here's the issue...
Everything types on one line.... Description Option 1, Option 2, Option 3
What I want and what I have done in the past is the following layout...
Description:
- Option 1,
- Option 2,
- Option 3
Hitting enter in the description box doesn't move cursor to next line line so everything I type just stays on one single line.
By the way, hitting enter in the Notes section of the character sheet works fine. This issue is just in the Custom item section.
Hope this makes sense... :)
That’s very weird. I’ve tried Firefox and Chrome on my laptop, and Firefox on my phone, and I’m not having that issue at all. I can add new lines in all of them.
What happens if you copy+paste text with multiple lines?
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Hey Thanks for checking again... still having issue tho.
Yea I can edit in word then paste back in the custom item description box. It works but very cumbersome/pain especially when it used to work no problem.
https://github.com/kakaroto/Beyond20/issues/1297
I use Beyond20 to roll dice to Virtual Table Tops. I checked with them initially and they said it was a DnD beyond issue but if its working fine for you then I'll recheck with them to se if its related to Beyond20. Even if I turn off the Beyond20 extension the issue persists. I don't know, its an anomaly for sure...
Copy and paste Works if I copy a piece of text with new lines it works,.
I tried with edge, firefox and chrome latest versions and the custom action control Snippet and Descriptions both do not accept enter inputs.
No extensions installed, nothing interfering with anything.
This line in select.tsx is preventing the enter key from working in text areas. It looks like this is intended to only affect 'select' elements (or at least a type of dropdown) and not 'textarea' but I'm not sure on that. Copy and pasting works because the enter key is not used.
In the example video below I just remove the event listener that triggers this and it allows enter to work again. This works for both the snippet and description fields.
In case it's relevant sheet version @dndbeyond/character-app@1.69.154.
Hey All, Thanks for helping to triage and understand the issue. Good to know its not just me... :)
Hoping DnD Beyond will release a sheet update shortly to address the issue.
@Jay_Lane... Thanks for the video, I'll F12 and try that process. Although I'm not a programmer and will probably make things worse. LOL
More than likely I'll just have to live with the copy paste option until DnD Beyond sheets are patched... Thanks again All!
When removing it in the dev tools it will just add the event listeners back on next interaction generally so isn't a permanent solution. It would mess with dropdowns to remove it anyway. So not really worth doing to get things to work tbh - copy and paste is probably the best solution for now.
I was just adding info for the DDB team.
Smart sleuthing! I’m still not able to reproduce it on my side, though. Mine doesn’t hit that breakpoint… 🤔
https://youtu.be/Ny2WfmbcCRc
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@spamandtuna it looks like per your youtube you created custom equipment item which is under the inventory tab. The enter key works fine me in this section.
The problem with the enter key is under tabs - Action> Other> Manage Custom> Manage Custom Actions or if you Add New Actions...
Manage Custom Actions: Options
1. General (Hitting Enter does not work in Snippet & Description Boxes)
2. Spell (Hitting Enter does not work in Snippet & Description Boxes)
3. Weapon (Hitting Enter does not work in Snippet & Description Boxes)
Hope this makes sense...
Ah! The thread was originally about custom items. I missed that you were showing something different. 😅
I’ll give it another try later.
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Yep jane lane is correct that is the issue.
I though it would something not allowing the enter key to be processed
Hey spamandtuna, I see how I initially confused things with
custom item vs custom action… my b.
Hope devs have a fix … :)
Makes sense I think I read it wrong in my head originally is why I tried custom actions 🤣. Read 'item' as just meaning a custom 'thing' rather then inventory item.
I do indeed get the same issue for custom actions, though (but still not custom items). I’ll discuss that with the devs on Monday.
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Fixed!
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Indeed... its fixed! Thanks All for the help! :)