Line separator auto-replace from dashes on iOS/iPadOS

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  • Bear Version: 2.3.4
  • OS Version: iOS/iPadOS
  • What were you doing: trying to add a line separator to a note
  • What feature did you use: typing
  • What happened: when typing three dashes no line separator is added to the note
  • What did you expect to happen: typing three dashes in a note would be automatically replaced by a line separator

I use line separators in my notes all the time and on the mac you can just type three dashes and it automatically turns into a line separator, while on the mobile apps when you type the three dashes it just turns into one long dash and a single short dash. It seems like the only way to add a line separator on mobile is to use the BIU menu every time, which is really inconvenient.

It’s possible this is not a bug, but rather just a limitation of the iOS/iPad versions of the apps, but if this is expected behavior is there a way for me to create some kind of autocorrect to replace the dashes with a line separator on my devices?

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That’s the “Smart Punctuation” setting in iOS. It replaces two - with an em-dash. You can disable this feature in the iOS Settings → General → Keyboard. However, I recommend using the Bear custom keyboard instead. :slight_smile:

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what is the “Bear Custom Keyboard” you are referring to?

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It’s the BIU keyboard with lots of text style icons

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thanks for that clarification

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A workaround that I’ve been using. Type: dash, space, dash, space, dash.

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kevin-durant-real-mvp

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I setup up a text replacement that expands === into - - - which creates the line separator like you mentioned… thanks so much for pointing out this workaround!

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