Would like the Send Button for serial monitor on the new IDE

M_James_O · June 10, 2021, 4:27pm

I just noticed today the Send button is no longer incorporated into the IDE 2.0 (Version: 2.0.0-beta.7) serial monitor (at least for the MAC version)

The keyboard shortcut is also less terse now (CMD + return vs just return on the old IDE)... but I also think the Send button is a good visual indicator of how to send data.

I know the help text is right in the send box, but it goes away once you type something and you're left searching for a button to send the values.

I would like if the button were still there. Just my two cents

pert · June 10, 2021, 5:39pm

I also ran into this confusion. I didn't read the text in the input field before I started typing into it, and then spent quite some time pressing "Enter" and wondering why nothing happened.

We have an existing report about this here:

github.com/arduino/arduino-ide

serial monitor: missing send button

opened 04:36PM - 01 May 21 UTC

strau0106

topic: code type: imperfection topic: serial monitor

**Describe the bug** To me it appears as there is no send button in the serial …monitor. furthermore afai can tell the sm doesnt respond to enter. **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. open sm 2. no send btn 3. no way to send with enter as well **Expected behavior** Add a send button and make the **Screenshots** ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/60017680/116788796-fadf4d80-aaab-11eb-811a-342bb9ffafdb.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/60017680/116788809-0c285a00-aaac-11eb-84f2-e0b21cc9457a.png) - OSX 10.15.7 - Version: nightly 20210501

There is a plan for a major reworking of the Serial Monitor tracked here:

github.com/arduino/arduino-ide

Replace the serial monitor view with a monaco editor

opened 11:02AM - 28 Jul 20 UTC

kittaakos

type: enhancement topic: code topic: serial monitor

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** A clear and …concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] `monaco-editor`: https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor This is exactly the same task we did for the _Output_ view in Theia: https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/7570 - It should improve performance in general as the underlying content is wrapped into a `monaco.editor.ITextModel`. The logic that handles the UI update would be exactly the same as in VS Code; it's not that bad 😄 - It should align the look and feel all over the application. - We get copy/paste/find/select-all for the _Serial Monitor_ for free. **Describe the solution you'd like** A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. **Describe alternatives you've considered** A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. **Additional context** Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

So hopefully we'll see a better user experience from the Arduino IDE 2.x Serial Monitor in an upcoming release.

M_James_O · June 10, 2021, 7:23pm

Awesome! Thanks for the reply!

system · October 8, 2021, 7:23pm

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