# Menu appears when I press my “Enter” key **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener\ **Tags:** support, text-editing, scriptwriting\ **Created:** [November 29, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548 "2020-11-29T12:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![et226](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e0b2c6/32.png) [@et226](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/et226)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548/1 "2020-11-29T12:16:24Z")
I was writing something, when I pressed my “Enter” key to get to a new line, my cursor didn’t move, and showed a drop-down menu just like this: ![](https://img9.doubanio.com/view/status/raw/public/eb58e33440f1d64.jpg) now I have to us Ctrl+Enter to get to a new line, and this problem just can be met in one of my project, when I open a new project, the problem just vanished. but in the old project, my Enter key always cant function properly. can’t you tell me how to solve this problem? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/kewms/32/15720_2.png) [@kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/kewms)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548/2 "2020-11-29T17:19:27Z")
It sounds like you’re probably in Script mode. You can turn it off at Format → Scriptwriting → Script Mode. Katherine ---
**Author:** ![et226](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e0b2c6/32.png) [@et226](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/et226)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548/3 "2020-11-30T07:03:45Z")
> [@kewms](#): > > It sounds like you’re probably in Script mode. You can turn it off at Format → Scriptwriting → Script Mode. > > Katherine problem solved！ thanks a zillions！ have a nice day！ ---
**Author:** ![Themis](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/themis/32/17894_2.png) [@Themis](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Themis)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548/4 "2025-09-13T22:31:16Z")
I just encountered the same vexing problem. Don’t know how I activated Script mode; probably accidentally hit the right key combo. Problem fixed. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelGli](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MichaelGli](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/MichaelGli)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548/5 "2025-11-08T10:52:28Z")
Beyond doubt I have done something stupid but… all of a sudden whenever I have the cursor on a line with no text and press return I get a contextual menu (Scene heading, Action, Character…) but no line return. If there is text on the line it’s OK. Can’t find anything in settings. Scrivener 3.5.1 and Mac 26.0.1 (M1). ---
**Author:** ![brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/brookter/32/16095_2.png) [@brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/brookter)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548/6 "2025-11-08T11:52:51Z")
It sounds like you’ve accidentally turned script mode on (where the Return and Tab keys are set to do certain things when you press them, depending on whether you’re in a Dialogue, or Character, or either specific script element.) The toggle for script mode is `cmd-8`, so it’s easy to hit by accident… If that’s the problem, then pressing `cmd-8` will revert to standard editing mode and everything should be back to normal. Try it, and see if that solves the issue. HTH. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelGli](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MichaelGli](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/MichaelGli)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548/7 "2025-11-08T13:57:33Z")
Yes! Thank you. Thought I must have bumped something, my keyboard skills are very sloppy.