serial monitor: missing send button

[strau0106]

Describe the problem

There is no send button in the Serial Monitor.

Describe the problem

1. Open the "Serial Monitor" view.

🐛 There is no "Send" button associated with the message field.

Expected behavior

A "Send" button that can be clicked to send the message to the board:

Arduino IDE version

Original report

nightly 20210501

Last verified with

4deaf4f

Operating system

All

Operating system version

Any

Additional context

Additional reports

• Serial Monitor with Teensy T4.x (probably others) does not receive input #810 (comment)
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/would-like-the-send-button-for-serial-monitor-on-the-new-ide/873159
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/missing-serial-monitor-and-serial-plotter/924262
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/rc9-2-serial-monitor-send-button/1024938
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor/698844/4
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-2-0-0-rc9-input-in-serial-monitor-is-not-working/1015720/4
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-error-message-jan21/1080560/33

Workaround

Press the Enter key to send the message.

Issue checklist

• I searched for previous reports in the issue tracker
• I verified the problem still occurs when using the latest nightly build
• My report contains all necessary details

[per1234]

I will reopen this since the send button has not been added yet. We will close it once that work is done.

Thanks for your report strau0106!

[strau0106]

Ok, just thought it was ready to close since there was no activity

[per1234]

I think this will be done as part of a complete rework of Serial Monitor to be a dedicated window: #289. This means it is dependent on a significant amount of other work than would be the case if the button was only added to the current provisional Serial Monitor component.

The new design will be aligned with the existing Serial Plotter feature, which does have a send button consistent with the Arduino IDE 1.x interface: