Hello. Yes, that’s the way the new editor works. If you want to continue typing in the same paragraph block, though, you can use SHIFT-ENTER instead of just ENTER.
The new approach — a block for each paragraph — allows you to apply formatting (font sizes or colors, for example) to the entire block rather than having to select text; and the blocks make it easy to reorder paragraphs by dragging, which I often use when drafting longer posts.
The classic editor doesn’t create blocks, but I think the published post would look the same.
Dear daleducatte,
I tried Shift / CR and it works. Thank you!
And, I found out that using Shift / CR is not the same as adding a new Block. The spacing between paragraphs is different.
Dr. T
Interesting about the spacing variations, I hadn’t noticed it until you pointed it out. With my current theme, using SHIFT-ENTER twice gets it closer to the paragraph block’s spacing; it’s still a little different but not as noticeable as a single SHIFT-ENTER.
