# The reply line and writing comfort Source: https://lunafic.ai/docs/the-input-bar | Published: 2026-09-22T06:06:21.946Z | Updated: 2026-11-08T13:49:49.047Z | Author: Lunafic Team | Tags: Story tools > Why Enter makes a new line, how the tools step aside while you type, and how to hide the bar. The bar under the story is where your side of the story happens. It looks like a chat box, and a few details protect you from the accidents of a chat box. A chat box is built for quick messages, and a story reply is built for speeches. ## What the bar asks for In MC Mode the bar asks things like What do you do next, and what you send is your character's line. In Author Mode it asks you to direct the story, like Ren draws his sword, and what you send is a direction for the AI that never appears in the story. ## Sending takes Cmd or Ctrl plus Enter In a chat app, Enter sends. Here Enter makes a new line, because your character speaks in paragraphs, like a bow, a pause, three sentences, and then the demand. If Enter sent, the first line would ship alone. You cannot take a send back, and every send spends AI usage. So sending is deliberate. Press Cmd+Enter on Mac or Ctrl+Enter on Windows, or use the send button on a phone. The bar shows the hint Cmd + Enter to direct. ## The tools step aside while you type While you type, the Memory button, the In this scene row and the model picker fade out so your words get the width. When you stop typing they come back. ## Hide the whole bar On desktop, the button beside the bar with the keyboard icon folds the whole bar away. Use it when you want to read your chapter with nothing under it. Press it again to bring the bar back. ## Commands Type / at the start of the line to open the command menu. Two of the commands are for talking to the AI instead of the characters. /ooc sends the AI a note that no character hears, and /note keeps a fact for good. [See every command and how it works.](/docs/story-commands) ## Full names with @ and # Type @ and the characters of your story open above the line. Type # and the rest of the wiki opens, like places, lore and groups. Keep typing to narrow the list, then tap a name or press Enter, and the full name goes into your line. On a phone you can also open the / menu and pick Name a character or Name a wiki entry. Use it when you want the full name. Names and nicknames you type the usual way work as before. A name you pick also tells the AI exactly which wiki entry you mean. ## Why these choices exist - A wrong send breaks a scene. **The world answers what it received, so a half line gets a half answer.** - A crowded bar shrinks the writing. **Tools you are not using should not take the width of the sentence you are composing.** - Reading back is part of writing. **Sometimes you need to see the chapter with no input in sight.** --- Read this on Lunafic: https://lunafic.ai/docs/the-input-bar More from Lunafic: https://lunafic.ai/docs What is Lunafic: https://lunafic.ai/ai-roleplay AI characters you build stories with over long memories. You play as your character, the AI plays everyone else, and stories stay private by default.