I have long had trouble figuring out how to add a line break (SHIFT +
ENTER) within a paragraph on my Android phone 😥.
I have looked on the
internet and asked the generative AI but could not get any valid
information....
This time, I found that the Japanese keyboard of
Gboard can be used to add line breaks within paragraphs (SHIFT + ENTER)🤩!
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I will show how to😋!
Note: This article contains a small portion of Japanese words.
If they are not displayed correctly, please install Japanese fonts on your Windows system.
How to add a line break (SHIFT + ENTER) within paragraph in Gboard on Android phone
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1. [Settings] How to set up & add line breaks (SHIFT + ENTER) in paragraphs in Gboard
1-1. Adding valid Japanese keyboard "五十音" (Japanese syllabary)
- "Setting" > "System" > "Keyboard" > "On-screen keyboard" > "Gboard" > "Languages"
Then tap “+ Add keyboard”.
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Android "Setting" screen |
Select “日本語 (Japanese)” here.
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Android "Setting" screen |
Add “五十音 (Japanese syllabary)” keyboard.
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Android "Setting" screen |
Please be sure to select this “五十音 (Japanese syllabary)” keyboard. Other Japanese keyboards cannot be used to input line breaks(SHIFT + ENTER) within paragraphs.
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“五十音 (Japanese syllabary)” keyboard |
When you return to the "Languages" screen, you will see that “五十音 (Japanese syllabary)” has been added.
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Android "Setting" screen |
This completes the keyboard addition.
1-2. Switching keyboard
To add a line break within a paragraph, switch the keyboard to the English
(ABC-sequence) keyboard of the “日本語 (五十音) Gboard”.
Tap the
keyboard (⌨️) button in the lower right corner of the screen.
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Android screen |
Select “日本語 (五十音) Gboard” here.
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Android screen |
The Japanese keyboard (Japanese syllabary order) will then appear, and tap the “あa” (switch between Japanese and English) button in the lower left corner.
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Gboard Japanese (Japanese syllabary order) keyboard (Android screen) |
You will then see an English keyboard arranged in alphabetical order of English letters.
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Gboard English (ABC-order) keyboard (Android screen) |
This English (ABC-order) keyboard is the keyboard we will be using😋.
1-3. Adding line breaks (SHIFT + ENTER) within a paragraph on the Japanese keyboard “五十音” (Japanese syllabary)
On this English (ABC-order) keyboard, you can add a line break within a paragraph by (1) tapping ‘Shift(⇧)’ and (2) tapping ‘Enter(↵)’.
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Android screen |
2. [Operation Check] Actually using it on the blog's edit
I actually used it on my blog's (Blogger) edit screen.
With one
line typed in a paragraph, tap ‘Shift (⇧)’ and then ‘Enter (↵)’ on an English
(ABC-order) keyboard.
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Blogger Edit Screen |
Line break within paragraph have been created!
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Blogger Edit Screen |
When I check in the HTML view screen, I indeed see a line break (<br /> tag) within a paragraph (within a <p> tag).
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Blogger Edit Screen (HTML view) |
It is very comfortable because the operation is completed within the Gboard.
3. In closing
By using the English (ABC-order) keyboard on the “Japanese (Japanese syllabary
order) Gboard” keyboard, I can now do line breaks (SHIFT + Enter) within
paragraphs on the Gboard !
I am very happy to be able to comfortably edit
my blog from my phone 😁.
This time I experimented with Google's
blog service (Blogger) to confirm the operation, but I believe that this line
break within a paragraph is also valid for other services.
Hopefully
some of you will confirm (or follow up) this with other services....