Scriptwriting: No new line when switching to different element?

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Is there a way to keep the cursor on the same line when switching between script elements?

I am writing a 10-minute play for a festival, and the theatre’s style sheet shows that they want Stage Directions to be in-line with dialogue and italicized, rather than placed on separate lines. I’m trying to create a script format in Script Settings to accomplish that, but when I’m in a dialogue line in the editor and I press Tab, the cursor advances to the next line.

Is there a way to configure the Tabbing relationship between Dialogue and Stage Directions such that pressing Tab will still switch to the designated element but keep the cursor on the same line?

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Have you visited the settings at Format > Script > Script Settings…?

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Yes. Here are the settings that I’ve configured for the Dialogue element:

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But I don’t see any way to configure the new line behavior for “Tabbing after typing”.

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Have you tried changing the “space before” in Script Seetings to zero? That might keep it on the same line.

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Yup, “Space Before” already was set to 0.00. No joy.

I reckon that I’ll just deal with it in the flow of writing, then go back and move the Stage Directions as needed.

Thanks for replying!