Explain the problem as you see it
Tana does not allow using line breaks to structure the content of a single node
Why is this a problem for you?
Whether it's a verse of a poem, or a single tweet – line breaks can have meaning and help in structuring thinking.
The only current way of noting "these two lines of text belong together and/or form a cohesive thought" is one of the following:
- Put both lines into a single node, no line break. Horrible to read.
- Put both lines into separate lines as sibling nodes. Unclear that the lines belong together and should be referenced together.
- Put both lines into separate lines, with one line the "parent" node of the other line. Creates artificial hierarchy that is not necessarily implied by the text. Impossible to see content of both at a glance.
This artificial restriction is strange because Tana does not place any other restrictions on the size or shape of a node. I can put thousands of characters into a single node without a problem, but I am offered no way of structuring a node that contains even just 240 characters.
Suggest a solution
Allow line breaks inside a node
25 Comments
This issue alone is Tana's downfall for me and what has caused me to regretfully leave Tana for a competitor. Will keep an eye out and return if/when this is addressed!
I also was surprised to learn Tana did not support this. I would like to see this added for both nodes and node comments.
I appreciate the possible performance concerns but that shouldn't prevent making such a basic feature available for those who would use it properly.
Just adding support for this feature. A shift+return option to add a soft line break would be really helpful. I don't necessarily want to draft full documents in one node, but I do want to be able to have e.g. a quote/excerpt that spans two paragraphs.
I left a comment asking for this simple feature and then found some other alternative tools soon after that.
I was shock to see that they haven't implemented this after 2 years?
Wow.. Thank god I didn't wait and gave up.
Has there been any official communication from Tana regarding when this feature will be available to users? It’s been pending for quite some time, and I believe this has been a major blocker for many people adopting Tana.