# Perspective Text Area multiple new lines in a row weird behaviour

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-area-multiple-new-lines-in-a-row-weird-behaviour/75223>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-area-multiple-new-lines-in-a-row-weird-behaviour/75223 "2023-06-19T16:15:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sholom\_Ellenbogen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sholom\_Ellenbogen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sholom_Ellenbogen)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-area-multiple-new-lines-in-a-row-weird-behaviour/75223/1 "2023-06-19T16:15:21Z")

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I notice that if I try press "Enter" twice in a row that the text are control seems to reject the second NewLine. In order to create 2 empty lines in a text are I have to press the Enter key 3 times. This seems weird, is it intentional? is there a way to not have this happen?

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-area-multiple-new-lines-in-a-row-weird-behaviour/75223/2 "2024-05-07T17:54:35Z")

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I just discovered this myself. It only appears to happen when I have rejectUpdatesWhileFocused unchecked.

Sure seems like a bug...

EDIT: Actually, even with rejectUpdatesWhileFocused checked, if the last character entered was a newline, then as soon as the text area loses focus, that newline gets clipped. Unless the loss of focus was due to using the TAB key instead of a mouse click.