Is it possible to make the enter key submit a tweet automatically on Twitter?
If so, how?
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It would be very simple to create a browser extension to do this. Tell me what browser you use and I'll start in a few hours– JJJollyjimApr 3, 2012 at 5:30
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@JJ56 - I primarily run Chrome and Firefox .. and an extension would be very cool :)– warrenApr 3, 2012 at 13:32
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@JJ56 - were you able to get an extension made that would do this? I could see that being hyper-useful in the community :)– warrenApr 16, 2012 at 13:51
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Sorry. I didn't get around to it, forgot about it, and have been on holiday for the last week. I will do it, I promise :)– JJJollyjimApr 17, 2012 at 6:35
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It is not possible to use enter to submit the new tweet on Twitter.com. By default it creates a line break, even if line breaks are not displayed by Twitter.com and most apps.
The fastest way to post a tweet using your keyboard is the following:
- Press n for new tweet on your Twitter home page
- Write your tweet content
- Press tab and then enter to post it
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1Sorry @warren, my fault. I was thinking to tab and wrote alt, don't know why. Press TAB and then ENTER to post the tweet you are composing.– DrakeMar 28, 2012 at 14:09
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1Would Control+Enter work? Enter and Control+Enter often interchangeably share the submit/new line functionality. I don't use Twitter so I can't check myself.– user13779Mar 30, 2012 at 17:48
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Here's the solution I came up with (thanks to this post). You can download the full Greasemonkey script here.
setInterval (function() { checkForTweetbox (); }, 500);
function checkForTweetbox () {
var tweetbox = document.querySelector ('div.tweet-box textarea'); //check for new tweet window
if (tweetbox) {
if (! tweetbox.weHaveProcessed) {
tweetbox.weHaveProcessed = true;
// alert ('New tweet-box found!');
}
}
tweetbox.onkeydown = function(event){
if(event.keyCode == 13){ //13 = Enter keycode
document.querySelector ('a.primary-btn').click(); //there must be at least one character in the textarea
}
}
}
