Soft return in Rise

Hi Leslie.
Thanks for the reaction to my question.

Indeed, I need to utilize a soft return when developing content in Rise.

Unfortunately your suggestion to use down Shift + Enter don't works.

I sent you a picture, there you can see the problem.

Hi Fernando  this works for me, but I'm editing the text after I've typed it...

Hi Fernando,

I tried it myself and used Peek to show you what I was doing. Shift + enter worked for me as a soft return.

If that's still not working for you, what browser are you using? Are you on a Mac or Windows machine? 

I'm sorry for de misunderstanding.

I mean automatic hyphenation. What you usually do with Ctrl - in WORD.

Hi Fernando,

Are you thinking of a non-breaking hyphen - where a word like state-of-the-art would stay all on the same line and be treated as one word? 

You can use the Unicode characters to insert them into text within Rise. Here's the Unicode character for the non-breaking hyphen. 

Hi Ashley,

I was looking for the option "soft hyphen". I found it in the link. (Alt 0173)

Thanks!

on an iMac and PC W10

Hi Michael,

Are you also trying to use the soft hyphen? Or running into a different issue with Rise authoring? Just let me know and I'll be happy to help!

Hi Ashley,

Yes, I find that I use the soft-hyphen a lot, but I never think of doing so when I type.  After I type a caption or a paragraph of text I go through it formatting with the soft-hyphen when it makes sense.  Works for me all the time!

Ah, glad to hear that Michael! I myself didn't know how to type a soft hyphen, or the difference between that and some of the other options. (too many hyphens!) 

But using the unicode list I was able to look it up and insert one - and it just happened to be the wrong one. 🙃

Hi, I need to do this (a soft-hyphen) in the course title. The name is too long in the mobile version. How do I do this? I'm using Rise in Chrome on a PC.

Hi Berit,

Did you look at using the unicode list to insert that into your course title? 

You mentioned it's too long in the mobile version, is the text not wrapping correctly or just becoming harder to read if it's a long line of text at a smaller size?

Hello,

I stumbled across this old thread and it seems to be the only one dealing with the "soft hyphen" problem I'm currently dealing with. Especially in German courses there are often long words and titles which don't break down correctly when seperated into different lines, I'd like to enter soft hyphens to indicate the correct break ups when neccessary. I found the soft hyphen in the linked Unicode list but I'm not sure how to enter them in Rise, I'd be glad if anybody could help me.

Hello, Veronika. Are you on a Windows machine? You should be able to type alt+0173 to enter the soft hyphen. Let me know how that works!

Edited to correct the unicode.

Veronika, I apologize! This speedbump is my fault. Please try alt+0173. We've tested this on a Windows keyboard (using the numeric keypad), and you can directly enter the soft hyphen to your course titles, lesson titles, and text blocks. The hyphen should only appear when changing the browser size forces a line break. Otherwise, there will be no space or indication that the hyphen is there.

Let me know if that works better! And I'll edit my above reply to reflect the correct unicode.

Hello Crystal, thanks for the quick reply: This is exactly what I was looking for and it works perfectly!

Hi Crystal - I don't think I'm doing this right. Am I to hold down alt while i type 0173 while my cursor is at the syllable breaks? Is it supposed to create an actual hyphen when i preview the title in rise? That doesn't seem to be changing my title. Thanks for clarification!  

Hi Jordyn! Yes, hold the alt key and type 0173 on your numeric keypad (on the side of your Windows keyboard) while your cursor is where you prefer the word to break. It won't appear to add a hyphen in your word until forced. In your screenshot, where are you adding your soft hyphen?

Hi Crystal,

Thanks! So I got that to work, but it also creates a hyphen in the main title (As well as the sidebar title).  I just wanted the hyphen to show up on the sidebar. I am assuming its either both are like their or neither - is that correct? Thanks for the follow up.

No problem, Jordyn! I sent you an email so we can work together on it.

Hi there...and what about Mac computers?

Hi Xavier,

The soft-hyphen doesn't work correctly on Macs. We have this logged as a software bug, and we'll share an update if anything changes.