MATLAB Enter key is executing code

I thought enter is supposed to just do a line break, and ctrl+enter runs the code. I'm running the 2020b version, and everytime I press enter, the program line breaks AND executes the code. How can I change that, so it's the same as most coding programs and the on-ramp?

Thanks,

[dpb]

>> ver
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MATLAB Version: 9.9.0.1592791 (R2020b) Update 5
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I've never messed with the Live Editor before, but I don't see such a symptom here...<Enter> acted normally; <Ctrl-Enter> did (eventually) execute the code had typed; was quite a bit of latency...

I don't see anything in Preferences that would appear to be to make such behavior an option.

I suppose this behavior holds across MATLAB sessions?

Answer 1

[Jan]

Do you mean the command window? You cannot change this. If a command is complete, it is executed when enter is pressed.

The command window is not the right location to create code. Write a script or a function instead in the editor. The Ctrl-Enter behavior was introduced in the live script due to the lack of a separate editor. Generations of Matlab users are familiar with this behavior since 25 years.

Use a live script to get the live script behaviour.

[dpb]

I never even thought about the command window, Jan...that's just so natural.