# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop chat composer Enter key behavior and multiline input

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #52952: Bug: Desktop Enter key sends message — no newline support in chat input
- PR #53668: fix(desktop): read live DOM text for Ctrl+Enter steer to avoid stale-state race
- PR #83911: feat(desktop): add configurable composer Enter behavior
- PR #117752: feat(desktop): Enter-to-send or multiline-first composer mode (salvage #83911, closes #52952)

These issues and pull requests concern how the Enter key behaves in the desktop chat composer, including adding a configurable toggle between sending and inserting newlines, supporting multiline input, fixing stale-state races with Ctrl+Enter, and correcting IME composition submission handling.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.38`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #52952: Bug: Desktop Enter key sends message — no newline support in chat input

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38794: Fix desktop IME composition submit handling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#37483`, `#37996`, `#37757`, `#38785`, `#37487`, `#38135`, `#38247`
- **#53668: fix(desktop): read live DOM text for Ctrl+Enter steer to avoid stale-state race**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `773a3703bfc1f8ff2f3aef40d7a565e7f4fe1404`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/ctrl-enter-steer-dom-race.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`
- **#55244: feat: add Desktop composer enter mode toggle**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126505`
- **#65837: feat(desktop): support multiline chat input**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#83911: feat(desktop): add configurable composer Enter behavior**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117752`, `#55244`, `#117752`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/enter-key-mode.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/enter-key-mode.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/enter-mode-chatbar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/help-hint.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/keybind-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/use-keybind-hint.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/use-keybind-hint.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-prefs.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-prefs.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_composer_config.py`
- **#117752: feat(desktop): Enter-to-send or multiline-first composer mode (salvage #83911, closes #52952)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#49422`, `#121383`, `#121383`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/enter-key-mode.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/enter-key-mode.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/enter-mode-chatbar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/help-hint.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-subpages.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/keybind-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/use-keybind-hint.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/use-keybind-hint.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-prefs.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-prefs.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts` (+3 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`