# Disable Ctrl+Enter to submit post keyboard shortcut?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-ctrl-enter-to-submit-post-keyboard-shortcut/100852
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** keyboard-shortcuts
**Created:** [30 oktober 2018 om 09:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-ctrl-enter-to-submit-post-keyboard-shortcut/100852 "2018-10-30T09:29:36Z")
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### Author: ![jtc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jtc/32/280661_2.png) [@jtc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtc)
#### Post date: [30 oktober 2018 om 09:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-ctrl-enter-to-submit-post-keyboard-shortcut/100852/1 "2018-10-30T09:29:36Z")

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Was just a few lines into a reply on another Discourse site, and I managed to fat-finger something that submitted my post.

Did a bit of testing and seems like Ctrl+Enter would have been the culprit.

Is there any way to turn this off in user preferences?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [30 oktober 2018 om 09:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-ctrl-enter-to-submit-post-keyboard-shortcut/100852/2 "2018-10-30T09:43:28Z")

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This is quite standard on most sites as a submit keyboard shortcut. For example on Twitter:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/1/81d40b3d5023270f0ef43524cbdf423361e5b23b.png)

You might be able to override it with some custom JavaScript.

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### Author: ![jtc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jtc/32/280661_2.png) [@jtc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtc)
#### Post date: [30 oktober 2018 om 10:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-ctrl-enter-to-submit-post-keyboard-shortcut/100852/3 "2018-10-30T10:01:28Z")

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No way, my first question on here is answered by _the_ Jeff Atwood!

Anyway, I know what you mean, with the shortcut being in Outlook, Gmail, all over the place… I just normally disable it 🙂

But no worries, I’ve got my answer about the Discourse functionality, will look into custom solutions if it starts to bother me too much.

Thanks for the great platform @codinghorror!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [29 november 2018 om 10:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-ctrl-enter-to-submit-post-keyboard-shortcut/100852/4 "2018-11-29T10:01:41Z")

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