Copy/paste introducing loads of mcePaste code

  • Resolved Seth Long

    (@sethlong)


    15 years, 6 months ago

    I have a user trying to copy/paste from a plain text document to a new post in WPMU 2.8.4a. The pasted text does not show up in the visual editor and the HTML editor shows everything wrapped in hidden DIVs:
    <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">

    I reset the plugins folder as directed here, but it had no effect.

    We updated to 2.8.4a last night from 2.7.1. I had previously seen one instance of this when a user copy/pasted from MS Word.

    Does anyone have any ideas about this? Thank you.

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  • I have a user trying to copy/paste from a plain text document

    What application is s/he using to create these documents?

    Thread Starter Seth Long

    (@sethlong)

    TextEdit.app in plain text mode.

    Thread Starter Seth Long

    (@sethlong)

    For what it’s worth, I opened the .txt file in Google Docs and the copy/paste worked. As did copy/paste from reading the .txt file into a new browser window.

    I’ve come across issues with TextEdit before. Someone on these forums had a problem with it and ended up switching to a different plain text editor. Would it be possible to try another editor to see if this is specific to TextEdit?

    Thread Starter Seth Long

    (@sethlong)

    Just tested from TextMate and had the same problem. My earlier tests w/Google Docs and the browser all involved copy/paste from within the application – Safari. Just tested with Firefox and had no trouble pasting from TextMate or TextEdit.

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