The text tool in Escema is a little quirky. I’m on Mac btw and Kicad 5.1.9
I can make carriage returns in the text box by using Control-Return but they don’t show up in the text once I hit OK or return.
BUT - I have been able to create returns in the displayed text but can’t figure out how. If anyone knows I’d really appreciate it.
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the way the box works is Non Intuitive. This would probably violate some UI standards but it would be a lot handier to just have return put a return in your text and you would need to close the box using OK button - or maybe Command-Return. In any case these usability issues do make a big difference in software.
FWIW, this has been fixed in 5.99 (aka 6.0 alpha).
On the contrary it seems worse now (5.99 Mac Version) When I hit Control-Return, it puts a question mark in for my returned text (but no return).
When I put two Control-Returns in it adds two question marks and no return - in the resulting text.
In my opinion the simple solution to this is to make people click the OK box to complete and enter the text. All other responses put a return in the text being editted. Yes you have to remove your hands from the keyboard to click the mouse - big deal. It’s way better than Command/Option/Control/Shift trying to remember. No one can possibly be doing CAD without some kind of pointing tool - either laptop or mouse - so what’s the downside?
