List of forum editor issues and bugs
Dude! Dec 3, 2014 12:20 AMThis thread is work in progress. Please report additional bugs and issues you are aware off. I will try to reproduce the issue and add your information to the appropriate columns below. Thanks!
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Issue | Date | Summary | Browser | Status | Remark |
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1 | 08-Jan-2014 last verified 24-Aug-2014 | Text copied from discussions, such as code, result in double line spacing when copied to the host system. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | open open fixed fixed | 1.1 1.2 |
2 | 08-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Cannot append text or code to Syntax Highlighting. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | fixed fixed fixed fixed | |
3 | 08-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Cannot properly select text or code with Syntax Highlighting. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | improved fixed fixed fixed | 3.1 |
4 | 08-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Subsequent edit sessions add empty lines to Syntax Highlighting code. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | fixed fixed fixed fixed | |
5 | 08-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Copying text under Syntax Highlighting includes line numbers. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | improved open fixed fixed | 5.1 5.2 |
6 | 08-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Cannot copy and paste the whole Syntax Highlighting frame. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | improved fixed improved improved | 6.1
6.3 6.3 |
7 | 09-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Syntax Highlighting suppresses empty lines and white space when browsing. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | fixed fixed fixed fixed | |
8 | 08-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Syntax Highlighting overwrites font. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | improved improved improved improved | 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 |
9 | 09-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Cannot paste any text into the editor window. | Firefox Internet Explorer 11 Safari Chrome | working fixed working working | |
10 | 09-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Cannot change the font when selecting several lines of text. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | improved working fixed improved | 10.1
10.1 |
11 | 09-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Changing the font gets confused and shows the wrong font. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | improved working open open | 11.1
11.3 11.3 |
12 | 09-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Pasting a URL captures the text insertion point. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | fixed fixed fixed fixed | |
13 | 16-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Quoting captures insertion point. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | fixed fixed fixed fixed | |
14 | 24-Jan-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Adding HTML label tag for no apparent reason. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | fixed fixed fixed fixed |
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15 | 28-Feb-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Undo disables functions, such as Quote and Syntax Highlighting and results in complete loss of text when attempting to post. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | Improved working working working | 15.1 |
16 | 28-Feb-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | Syntax Highlighting shows several <span> when browsing. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | fixed fixed fixed fixed | |
17 | 23-Jun-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | When specifying a table width, typed numbers are falling through and land the table as text. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | open open open open | |
18 | 23-Aug-2014 | Quoting of content with Syntax Highlighting looks fine when editing, but when posting, quoting around SH is removed. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | open open open open | |
19 | 22-Aug-2014 | Text like "Patch 11.2.0.3" are converted to non-functional hyperlinks when posting. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | open open open open | |
20 | 20-Jul-2014 last verified 23-Aug-2014 | The editor toolbar disappears behind the forum banner when scrolling to the next page. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | open open open open | |
21 | 17-Nov-2014 | Insertion point displayed in text under Syntax Highlighting is not showing the real position. | Firefox | open | |
22 | 23-Aug-2014 | Hover-up and pop-up menus are in the way then typing text in tables and code under Syntax Highlighting. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | open open open open | |
23 | 23-Aug-2014 | Copying text from the first post of a thread includes a grey background. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | working working open open | |
24 | 24-Aug-2014 | Copy and paste does not retain the size of a picture and resizing produces bad quality images. Resizing also no longer shows picture dimensions. Copying images between documents does not copy size settings. | Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome | open open open open | |
25 | 17-Nov-2014 | Copying and pasting of text determine the source format and creates unwanted or useless tables, affecting also Syntax Highlighting. | Firefox | open | |
26 | 17-Nov-2014 | Adding additional rows to tables do not inherit the previous cell formats, such as vertical and horizontal center line. | Firefox | working | |
27 | 02-Dec-2014 | The Jive spell-checker is difficult to use. Pointing and clicking of marked text has to be very precise in order to function, or the spell-checker deactivates itself. | Firefox | open |
Ref. No. | Remarks |
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1.1 | Pasting of regular text results in double-line spacing. Pasting of code with Syntax Highlighting does not produce double-line spacing, but includes line numbers when pasting in a rich text editor window, or results in indented lines when pasting to the command prompt or plain text window. |
1.2 | Pasting of code with Syntax Highlighting includes line numbers when pasting into notepad or to the command prompt. Copying of normal text does not wrap and appears a single line when pasting into notepad. |
3.1 | Selecting of code and copying works, but selected text looks like a tape and is not visible. |
5.1 | Copy works find and does not include line numbers, but the text is indented. When pasting text into a rich text enabled editor window, it includes line numbers. |
5.2 | Code in syntax highlighting does not copy blank lines, but copies line numbers. |
6.1 | Only parts of a code segment can be copied, but not the complete code segment. Copy and paste always copies an additional line that was actually not selected. |
6.3 | Copy and paste only copies the code but not syntax highlighting, which can however be can be re-applied. |
8.1 | Applying syntax highlighting now applies a font that is suitable for displaying code. However, it is not possible to change the font, if necessary, or apply color or bold or highlighting. Color can be applied, which looks like double-vision, but anyway is removed when posting. |
10.1 | Not working reliably. Sometimes the last line selected is not changed, or only the first line changes. |
11.1 | Sometimes fonts are not displayed properly, for instance, the text insertion point may show Arial, but the text is Courier. There is no clear pattern when this happens or what triggers the problem. |
11.3 | The text insertion point or selected text always reports the font name "font family", regardless of the font applied. |
15.1 | Ctrl-z aborting editor functions under Firefox on Mac OS X. However, Cmd-z, which is standard, works properly. This problem does not affect Safari. |
Issue | Steps to reproduce | Workaround |
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1 | Copy a couple or more lines of text from a discussion window and paste it into any application or document on your host system. For instance:
The following may produce double line spacing: If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
The following should work correctly: If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will |
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2 | Paste some text code into the forum editor window. Select the code and choose Syntax Highlighting:Plain from the editor toolbar (>>). Close and re-edit the thread. It is not possible to place the insertion point below the block of code in order to add any additional lines of code or to add any normal text. For instance:
mknod compress_pipe p mknod export_pipe p chmod +rw export_pipe compress_pipe nohup split -b 8192m < export_pipe & nohup gzip < compress_pipe > export_pipe & exp system/passwd full=y direct=y consistent=y compress=n \ buffer=10485760 file=compress_pipe |
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3 | Re-edit a post with Syntax Highlighting. It is not possible to properly select any lines of code. An additional empty code line is added and the focus is shifted. The selection mask does not match the actual text. It is pretty much impossible to re-edit Syntax Highlighting. Screenshot: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6121/viun.jpg | Use Safari or Google Chrome when to re-edit text or code under Syntax Highlighting. |
4 | Every subsequent edit of a post with Syntax Highlighting adds an empty blank line to the code block with an incremented line number. The resulting empty lines (07, 08) shown in the screenshot cannot be selected or removed unless there is text below the code frame as shown in issue 7. Screenshot: http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5514/cxkd.jpg | Removing of empty lines woks in Safari and Google Chrome. |
5 | When browsing code with Syntax Highlighting, it is not possible to select the code without the line numbers. Screenshot: http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6626/j7n7.jpg | Select and copy each line separately. Or use Firefox or Google Chrome, but note issue in Remark 5. |
6 | When editing, it is possible to copy and paste lines under Syntax Highlighting when selecting the lines, but not when selecting the complete Syntax Highlighting frame. | Carefully select text without the Syntax Highlighting frame boundaries. |
7 | Empty lines and white space (identation) in Syntax Highlighting are suppressed when browsing, although they exist in the actual post. For instance:
mknod compress_pipe p mknod export_pipe p
Screenshot when editing the above code: | |
8 | Syntax Highlighting changes the font to Arial and it is not possible to apply something more suitable for the displaying of code, such as fixed-width Courier New. mknod compress_pipe p Arial: 1l0OI Courier New: 1l0OI Arial: 1l0OI Courier New: 1l0OI | |
9 | It is not possible to paste any text into the editor window. | Use a different web browser or downgrade to IE 10. Or enable F12 Developer Tools from the Tools menu. Press Ctrl-8 |
10 | Create a new thread and type several lines of text. Then select select several lines of text and choose a font, e.g. Courier New. Not all selected lines are changed and only a couple of lines remain highlighted. For instance:
It is difficult to prove the existence of aliens. Photos exist with aliens, but they could be fake. On the other hand, photos without aliens could be fake too. | |
11 | Select a line of text and change the font to Courier New. Then select the line again and it will show Arial. Change the font to Courier New and the text will change back to Arial. | |
12 | Copy a URL and paste it into the editor window. The URL will be shown as a hyperlink using blue text. It is not possible to continue with normal writing without changing the text of the link. The text insertion point is captured inside the text of the link when trying to click below the link. | After pasting the URL, use the arrow key or mouse to move the cursor to the end of the link, then press RETURN and start writing normally. You can than move the cursor to the beginning of the line and use BACKSPACE to move the text up, after the link. |
13 | When replying to a thread and pressing the Quote Previous Message button and then clicking inside the quoted text, for instance, to remove some of the content, it is sometimes no longer possible to move the text insertion point outside of the quoted text back to the normal editing area. | When this happens it helps to switch to HTML and then switch back to the Full Editor. |
14 | While writing normal text in the editor, it sometimes becomes impossible to edit a line of text. When clicking on any text to move the text insertion point, it selects the complete paragraph instead. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/585/d0v5.jpg. When pressing the "Post Message" button, a dialog appears to "Stay" or "Leave" the page. | Apparently the editor adds HTML label tags for no apparent reason, which can be seen when switching the editor to HTML mode. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/199/1r5a.jpg |
15 | Copy some text into the editor window. Select the text and choose Syntax Highlighting form the >> insert toolbar. Undo using Ctrl-z. It is no longer possible to use any of the >> insert functions. After that it is also not possible to post the message, resulting in an unexpected error and the content is lost. | |
16 | Syntax Highlighting shows several <span> at the beginning and end of the Syntax Highlighting block after posting. This affects old and new posts. | |
17 | When changing the width of a table column, entering the 2nd number gets punched into the cell content instead. | After entering the first number, click in the entry field again to enter the 2nd number. |
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19 | Automatic insertion of links to support.oracle.com contains more info, including responses from Oracle staff. | |
20 | Change the width of browser window until the editor toolbar appears. It will then stay on top when scrolling through pages. | |
21 | Select Syntax Highlighting, Plain from the >> insert menu, then copy and past several lines of text (code) into it. Or, copy and paste the text, then mark the text with the mouse and select SH from the insert menu. Many times, the insertion point is not reflecting it's actual position when you click inside the text. Very often it is also not possible to position the insertion point to the end or beginning of a line using the left and right arrow keys; the insertion point jumps to the next line, even though the end of the line has not been reached.
For instance:
The text insertion point [|] is showing up between the words "point" and "is", but when pressing the delete key or entering text, it affects a different area. | |
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The following is a picture with text and Syntax Highlighting. | In tables, pressing the delete key will remove or rearrange the hover-up window. |
23 | The original or initial post of a thread is shown with a grey background when browsing. Depending on the web browser application, this background is also copied when doing a copy and paste of the text, provided the target window supports rich text editing. | Change the target editor window to plain text. |
24 | After resizing a pasted image to the same size than the original, the quality is much worse. The following shows a screenshot of the original and copied image: When resizing a picture by moving the image end-points, the editor does no longer show the current picture dimensions (pixel x pixel) as it did in Jive 5. Also when copying a picture between documents, the picture is enlarged and requires resizing. | |
25 | Copy and paste content from /etc/oratab, for example: The same also happens when pasting the text into a Syntax Highlighting field. It is often necessary to use undo (ctrl-z, cmd-z) to get rid of the mess. | |
26 | Please see below screenshot: | |
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