secondlife / secondlife/viewer

Using Enter/Return when editing an inventory item's description returns an error message.

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Since Sep 8, 2026.

  • #5902 by @akleshchev — merged
  • #6283 by @akleshchev — merged
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Description

Unlike everywhere else in the UI, in item descriptions, the server is not treating Enter/Return usage as inputting, but as an attempt to insert a carriage/line return character.

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This repros in user inventory, rezzed object inventory and attachment inventory.

Repros on SLV and FS.

https://secondlife.canny.io/admin/feedback/bug-reports/p/using-enter-return-when-editing-an-inventory-items-description-returns-an-errort

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