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Legacy Formula Bar in Reitred Features while the New Formula Bar Is Almost Unusable

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Posted on by negr0re

I'm working as a developer with PowerPlatforms daily. It's my job.

Now, unfurotunately. Can someone explain whose idea was to popup those "helpers" each time you start to write a new formula in the formula bar, so you cannot see anything (see screenshot) or you can't hit ENTER to correctly indent your formula because it takes some random thing from the popup, and if you hit ESC to make them disappear and *actually work* you need to click in place, because the cursor disappear and you cannot continue to type? And this must be done *each time* you write some new code in the formula bar? Really?

Who did think this was a good idea?

Not happy enough, you triggered as standard this new formula bar and put into "retired" the legacy one, that is the only way to work effectively at the moment. So, I guess in the future you will completely remove the legacy formula bar. "Cool."

Am I the only one annoyed by this change?

Couldn't you made those popup optional with some settings?

Experienced developers don't need them at all. They are just annoying. And, believe me, on a daily basis they drive you nuts.

Are there some shortcuts that helps you work better that I don't know?

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HI @negr0re ,

This is a user forum, so I guess the "you" referred to is Microsoft. Your comments are not alone - one shortcut is using Ctrl-Enter instead of Enter for a new line without the additional unwanted input.

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Oh, thanks, Warren! I guess I still didn't understand what forums exist from Microsoft and for which purpose each. Yes. The "you" was referred to Microsoft.
Many thanks for the shortcut: I tried random things and I didn't find the right one! It's even working to make the cursor reappear (first ESC, then CTRL + ENTER: the trick is done. That's clever, Microsoft! Just some additional keystroke for the obvious...)

Anyway, I'm frustrated. It should be optional. Those helpers can be useful for who is learning. I get it. But why not making it optional?
Kind of puzzle me this type of changes fall down on us and there's no going back.

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