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CTapp.1
Senior III
June 12, 2026
Question

No new lines in signatures

  • June 12, 2026
  • 8 replies
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It isn’t possible to add new lines in signatures.

8 replies

Andrew Neil
Super User
June 12, 2026

(never mind)

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CTapp.1
CTapp.1Author
Senior III
June 12, 2026

Just noticed that my signature now seems to not be showing at all.

All posts are made in a personal capacity. MISRA C++ Chair, MISRA C WG Member, Director The MISRA Consortium Limited (TMCL)
CTapp.1
CTapp.1Author
Senior III
June 12, 2026

But it does in replies!

All posts are made in a personal capacity. MISRA C++ Chair, MISRA C WG Member, Director The MISRA Consortium Limited (TMCL)
Lina_DABASINSKAITE
ST Community Manager
June 12, 2026

Hello ​@CTapp.1,


The out-of-the-box setting is to embed plain text. The signature component does not support HTML, so line breaks cannot be introduced in this way.

As ​@Andrew Neil  mentioned, line breaks occur naturally because of page wrapping.

The signature should appear only in replies. This behavior was also present on the previous platform.

Kind regards,
Lina

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CTapp.1
CTapp.1Author
Senior III
June 12, 2026

I don’t think I used HTML to create them previously - just the edit box allowed carriage returns to be entered.

I use a multi-line signature so that I can add a disclaimer and acknowledge my affiliations to ensure there is no undeclared conflict of interest or an implied implication that I am posting in an official capacity. Something like:

All posts are made in a personal capacity
MISRA C++ Chair
MISRA C WG Member
Director The MISRA Consortium Limited (TMCL)

Not a great loss if I have to change that into a single line, but it won’t be so easy to read 😉

All posts are made in a personal capacity. MISRA C++ Chair, MISRA C WG Member, Director The MISRA Consortium Limited (TMCL)
Lina_DABASINSKAITE
ST Community Manager
June 12, 2026

@CTapp.1 , I checked and yes the previous signature box was a bit more flexible than this one. 
 

Perhaps you can use some symbols, such as | to make more structured or anything else :) 

Kind regards,
Lina

 

 

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