In Google Sheets, Enter key moves selection [duplicate]

Question

In Google Sheets, pressing the Enter key moves the cursor down a cell. For example:

1. position cursor on the cell
2. type to enter text
3. press Enter key
   • Expect: Cursor stays on the cell I was just editing
   • Actual: Cursor moves down to next row

Is there any way to turn off this behaviour in Google Sheets so the Enter key doesn't move the cursor? In Excel, there's a setting to choose what happens when the Enter key is pressed (to control if it moves to another cell or not).

Answer 1

No, there is no such option in Google Sheets. Pressing Enter key will always result in moving the cell selection by one cell downwards. As for the mouse cursor - it stays where left.

Your only option is to use the 3rd-party tool (AutoHotKey for example) which will "fix" this behaviour like for example:

1. detect that active window is Google sheet
2. upon pressing Enter key script will detect it and auto-press Arrow Up key