It’d be a nice formatting addition to allow line breaks to be added with the keyboard shortcut, Shift + Enter.
This is particularly useful for multiple lines within a single bullet:
This was mentioned here, too:
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Thanks for sharing this feedback with us @Adam-Involute, i’ve gone ahead and merged the existing feedback thread with this one to gather all votes and feedback on one single thread and maximise our chances to see this feature implemented. I can’t promise when this will be prioritised, but I’ll be sure to keep you posted as soon as I have an update!
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Hi,
Is there a way (or workaround) to turn OFF the shortcut CTRL-ENTER for setting a task to “complete”.
Many mistakes are made within our organisation because of this, In a lot of other programs this is the standard shortcut for LINE BREAK ( or Page break)…))
When typing in COMMENTS it works “correct” ( line break) but when typing in "description"it sets the task to “complete”
please advise
Edwin
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Hello, are we The Only ones having this problem , maybe it is a Dutch thing?!
I’m with you guys, honestly, it is so awful without line-breaker - both ctrl+enter and shift+enter are useless.
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Hi,
I just wanted to add that I was also looking for this and I would really appreciate if you could add this to Asana.
Also I have found out that it is possible to have this formatting by copying “the line break” from another editor to Asana.
For example (using any text-edit program or even in the browser):
Write some text, Shift+Enter, write more text - then copy to Asana and change the text.
I hope I managed to explain…
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shift + enter = line break.
that is a standard.
shift + enter => completing task courses me a lot of trouble.
Have to undo alike a lot.
At least offer setting to disable shift + enter => complete task
Better allow default behavior.
btw: I love Asana 
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+1
Would love to see this feature as well!
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I totally agree - formatting is essential!
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I would love to see an option to turn off (at the user level) “Ctrl + Enter” to mark a task complete. When “Ctrl + Enter” is your workflow for Slack, Gmail, etc., it’s way too easy to accidentally mark Asana tasks complete. Our firm manages a high volume of Asana tasks, so we have to do a weekly audit of any tasks accidentally marked complete.
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Hi there! I’ve just implemented “disabling ctrl + enter shortcut” feature on this Chrome extension: Asana Extra Key Mappings - Chrome Web Store
I hope you guys enjoy task managing with the extension.
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Hi, I am using asana in Macbook Pro. I am trying to add line breaks in the column which is of text type in the list tab under a project. I have tried all possible key combinations. Can you please advise.
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Yes, it’s beyond annoying to not be able to add line breaks for subtasks, and I am also constantly accidentally marking a task complete that is not yet complete. I see these requests have been asked of Asana for years! Please, make these small changes. Thank you!
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Note: Not a solution but marked as such to elevate a key reply
I enter the newline character via text expander tool (or voice, or operating system shortcut) in an Asana task or subtask title to achieve this effect.
You can retrieve that character that you need by clicking the Copy button here: U+000A LINE FEED (LF) - Unicode Explorer
Until/if Asana addresses, this is best workaround I know of.
Thanks,
Larry
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I would love to swtich to any other system but Asana just becuase of this issue.