According to the Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Writer page (https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/04/01020000.html), one of the effects of keyboard shortcut Alt+Enter is: <emph>Paragraph in list</emph>. Inserts a new paragraph within a list without a bullet or number, while preserving the list’s paragraph formatting. To resume numbering or bulleting, press <keycode>Enter</keycode> after adding content to the new paragraph. This shortcut does not work if the cursor is in the very beginning of a list paragraph. In fact, this inserts a paragraph (line) break, not (really) a new paragraph. If a paragraph consists of: > Two words …and the cursor is between "Two" and "words", the shortcut will not really insert a new paragraph, but rather split the existing paragraph in 2. As for the form, an incomplete sentence like “Paragraph in list.” could be confusing and should be avoided. Colons are best to isolate context, as Ctrl+Backspace exemplifies. Moreover, the sentence "To resume numbering or bulleting, press <keycode>Enter</keycode> after adding content to the new paragraph." (which was added in https://git.libreoffice.org/help/+/9ea21fcc6dca1c2f313b0b7494c00cdd4a42c774%5E%21 ) is superfluous and even misleading, suggesting that pressing Alt+Enter would somehow switch Writer to an alternative mode, which is not the case. Fourthly, many lists use list markers which are neither bullets nor numbers, so the description is imprecise. Fifthly, "while preserving the list’s paragraph formatting" seems superfluous to me (we do not specify such a thing for Shift+Enter, which does the same TTBOMK). Also, I do not speak English natively, but the last sentence sounds a little strange to me. "IN the beginning" sounds like the beginning of a story, not something I have seen in this context (technical documentation), where I would rather expect "at". Finally, regarding implementation, the last sentence seems to document a bug which will hopefully be fixed at some point, so it would be best to keep it as a translatable entity distinct from the rest. I know nothing about LibreOffice l10n, but that does not seem to be the case if I read correctly. By the way, ticket #168483 comment #5 contains advice about the placement of this description (in its last paragraph). I would therefore suggest: Inside a list: Split the paragraph in 2, without adding a list element (the second paragraph will contain the part of the split paragraph which follows the cursor). Does not work when the cursor is at the start of a paragraph.
The shortcut Alt+Enter works for me as described in the help. I have tested it with Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 620(Build:0) CPU threads: 32; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Are you really using Alt+Enter, or do you use Shift+Enter? Please paste info about your LibreOffice, as I have done it above. Go to menu Help > About and click on the button there. That put the info into the clipboard.
Greetings Regina, I use mostly Shift+Enter, but this report is about Alt+Enter. Note that it is a documentation bug though, not a behavioral bug.
(In reply to Philippe Cloutier from comment #0) > According to the Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Writer page > (https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/04/01020000.html), The updated help page is https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/swriter/04/01020000.html and will be available for LibreOffice 26.2 next February 2026 > one of the effects of keyboard shortcut Alt+Enter is: > <emph>Paragraph in list</emph>. Inserts a new paragraph within a list > without a bullet or number, while preserving the list’s paragraph > formatting. To resume numbering or bulleting, press <keycode>Enter</keycode> > after adding content to the new paragraph. This shortcut does not work if > the cursor is in the very beginning of a list paragraph. > > In fact, this inserts a paragraph (line) break, not (really) a new > paragraph. If a paragraph consists of: > > Two words > …and the cursor is between "Two" and "words", the shortcut will not really > insert a new paragraph, but rather split the existing paragraph in 2. No. It results in 2 paragraphs. Enable the Formatting marks and you'll see 2 paragraphs in list (pilcrow character at end of paragraph). Pilcrow character = "pied de mouche". https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied-de-mouche > > As for the form, an incomplete sentence like “Paragraph in list.” could be > confusing and should be avoided. Colons are best to isolate context, as > Ctrl+Backspace exemplifies. > > Moreover, the sentence "To resume numbering or bulleting, press > <keycode>Enter</keycode> after adding content to the new paragraph." (which > was added in > https://git.libreoffice.org/help/+/ > 9ea21fcc6dca1c2f313b0b7494c00cdd4a42c774%5E%21 ) is superfluous and even > misleading, suggesting that pressing Alt+Enter would somehow switch Writer > to an alternative mode, which is not the case. Superflous and misleading? With no contents in the line, Enter will close the list. With contents, it resumes the numbering/bulleting. That is a tremendous feature! > > Fourthly, many lists use list markers which are neither bullets nor numbers, > so the description is imprecise. What other markers are you talking about? Markers are either numbers or bullets. They are configured in the list style linked to the paragraph in list. If, by any chance, you are creating a list manually by writing the numbers or the bullets, then you don't have a LibreOffice list, you have a set of paragraph that has numbers or bullets as first characters. > > Fifthly, "while preserving the list’s paragraph formatting" seems > superfluous to me (we do not specify such a thing for Shift+Enter, which > does the same TTBOMK). Please get used to LibreOffice Writer lists. A list is a set of paragraphs. A list has a list style. All paragraphs in a list share list properties. Paragraph properties can eventually be formatted individually but the list properties are the same, unless overridden manually. > > Also, I do not speak English natively, but the last sentence sounds a little > strange to me. "IN the beginning" sounds like the beginning of a story, not > something I have seen in this context (technical documentation), where I > would rather expect "at". OK, "is at the begin of a list paragraph" > > Finally, regarding implementation, the last sentence seems to document a bug > which will hopefully be fixed at some point, so it would be best to keep it > as a translatable entity distinct from the rest. I know nothing about > LibreOffice l10n, but that does not seem to be the case if I read correctly. > > By the way, ticket #168483 comment #5 contains advice about the placement of > this description (in its last paragraph). > > I would therefore suggest: > Inside a list: Split the paragraph in 2, without adding a list element (the > second paragraph will contain the part of the split paragraph which follows > the cursor). Does not work when the cursor is at the start of a paragraph. Sorry. wrong, Alt Enter adds a list element, but with no number or bullet. Here is an authoritative text on LibreOffice Writer lists: https://books.libreoffice.org/en/WG252/WG2512-Lists.html Sadly, not yet in French.
Olivier Hallot committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/20653c6b898d79b39bbb627a3490dd5b46145c44 tdf#169426 Improve text on Alt+Enter for lists.
Greetings, I read comment #3 yesterday and wrote a reply. I then switched to another project. I would have bet 100:1 that I had posted my reply, but now I don't see it here, and I can't find it anywhere on the PC on which I wrote it. Did anyone get my comment by any chance? Or did anyone else experience something similar? Or does anyone have any advice? I have been using Bugzilla for decades and have never experienced this. I am slightly sick, but I was writing from home, from my main PC, from my usual browser (Firefox, which I have been using for decades too), and neither the OS nor the browser were restarted since… so I struggle to see what could have gone wrong on my side. I do not see a matching closed tab in Firefox's history.
(For what it's worth, I just disabled the "The change was made by me" exclusion in my Bugzilla preferences to make sure that this won't happen again.)
(In reply to Olivier Hallot from comment #3) > (In reply to Philippe Cloutier from comment #0) > > According to the Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Writer page > > (https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/04/01020000.html), > > The updated help page is > https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/swriter/04/01020000.html Ah, yes, thank you Olivier > > one of the effects of keyboard shortcut Alt+Enter is: > > <emph>Paragraph in list</emph>. Inserts a new paragraph within a list > > without a bullet or number, while preserving the list’s paragraph > > formatting. To resume numbering or bulleting, press <keycode>Enter</keycode> > > after adding content to the new paragraph. This shortcut does not work if > > the cursor is in the very beginning of a list paragraph. > > > > In fact, this inserts a paragraph (line) break, not (really) a new > > paragraph. If a paragraph consists of: > > > Two words > > …and the cursor is between "Two" and "words", the shortcut will not really > > insert a new paragraph, but rather split the existing paragraph in 2. > > No. > It results in 2 paragraphs. Yes. Splitting 1 paragraph results in 2 paragraphs. I apologize for writing “a paragraph (line) break”, I should have written just “paragraph break”. > > As for the form, an incomplete sentence like “Paragraph in list.” could be > > confusing and should be avoided. Colons are best to isolate context, as > > Ctrl+Backspace exemplifies. > > > > Moreover, the sentence "To resume numbering or bulleting, press > > <keycode>Enter</keycode> after adding content to the new paragraph." (which > > was added in > > https://git.libreoffice.org/help/+/ > > 9ea21fcc6dca1c2f313b0b7494c00cdd4a42c774%5E%21 ) is superfluous and even > > misleading, suggesting that pressing Alt+Enter would somehow switch Writer > > to an alternative mode, which is not the case. > > Superflous and misleading? With no contents in the line, Enter will close > the list. With contents, it resumes the numbering/bulleting. That is a > tremendous feature! I was referring to the sentence, not to the feature it documents. > > Fourthly, many lists use list markers which are neither bullets nor numbers, > > so the description is imprecise. > > What other markers are you talking about? Markers are either numbers or > bullets. They are configured in the list style linked to the paragraph in > list. There are countless list markers possible, as Figure 2 of the guide you refer to shows. Writer even lets users use custom ones. > > Fifthly, "while preserving the list’s paragraph formatting" seems > > superfluous to me (we do not specify such a thing for Shift+Enter, which > > does the same TTBOMK). > > Please get used to LibreOffice Writer lists. A list is a set of paragraphs. > A list has a list style. All paragraphs in a list share list properties. > Paragraph properties can eventually be formatted individually but the list > properties are the same, unless overridden manually. > > […] > > > > > Finally, regarding implementation, the last sentence seems to document a bug > > which will hopefully be fixed at some point, so it would be best to keep it > > as a translatable entity distinct from the rest. I know nothing about > > LibreOffice l10n, but that does not seem to be the case if I read correctly. > > > > By the way, ticket #168483 comment #5 contains advice about the placement of > > this description (in its last paragraph). > > > > I would therefore suggest: > > Inside a list: Split the paragraph in 2, without adding a list element (the > > second paragraph will contain the part of the split paragraph which follows > > the cursor). Does not work when the cursor is at the start of a paragraph. > > Sorry. wrong, Alt Enter adds a list element, but with no number or bullet. > > Here is an authoritative text on LibreOffice Writer lists: > > https://books.libreoffice.org/en/WG252/WG2512-Lists.html I admit that I am not a Writer expert, but are you confident about that? I gave that guide a decent look, and did not see anything which supports that. I do not know ODT, but I tried exporting XHTML, and that seemed to validate my understanding (although the result was a little buggy, so it might not be reliable). > […]