How to add multiple blank / empty paragraphs?

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Users are discussing how to add multiple blank paragraphs in a post. mingogomes currently uses white dots with a plugin to achieve this. david suggests using backslashes (\) to add line breaks, as per the Commonmark spec. mingogomes finds this solution helpful.

However, SHilser notes a limitation when using this method: if the last backslash is not followed by regular text, it will be displayed instead of rendering an empty line. This occurs when followed by an empty line, blockquotes, or other non-regular text. tobiaseigen proposes an alternative solution using HTML, specifically the <br> tag.

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Hey Community.

I wonder if there’s a way to increase the space between paragraphs.
In the editor, even If I separate each line with more than one paragraph, in the post there’s only one line of blank space separating them.

The only way of doing this…
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Is using dots and coloring them of white with a plugin.

Is there a way to do this by default?

Thanks

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You can use backslashes to add line breaks (commonmark spec). For example:






There’s a massive gap here :arrow_double_up:

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There's a massive gap here :arrow_double_up:
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Thanks a lot David :smiley:

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Hi David,
a minor comment from my side, I used the mardown you suggested on my platform and I noticed some weird behaviour for me. I’m not sure this is a bug, or only a limitation of commonmark?

When the last backslash isn’t followed by regular text in the line right after, the last backslash \ is shown instead of a rendered empty line. (see example below)

It happens when the last backslash…

…is followed by an empty line (or a line with two empty spaces) before subsequent text starts

\

subsequent text

…is followed by blockquotes

\

text in a blockquote

It doesn’t happen when followed by regular text


regular text

Here's the text/code I used 
It happens when the last backslash...
...is followed by an empty line (or a line with two empty spaces) before subsequent text starts
\
\
  
subsequent text
\
\
...is followed by blockquotes
\
\
> text

It doesn't happen when followed by regular text
\
\
regular text

Any ideas why this is the case?

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You can also use html, e.g.

<br>