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Chrome: Pasting from Word into dirty editor creates extraneous P element

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#138 opened on Apr 30, 2014

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Description

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Pasted into a dirty editor:

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I have circled the extraneous P.

To do: create isolated case.

Introduced by #131.

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Tech stack
javascripthtml
Domain
frontend
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptDOM manipulationrich text editing conceptsChrome dev tools
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Investigate the pasting mechanism in the scribe editor, specifically the handling of paste events from Word. Look at the code changes introduced in PR #131 to understand the regression. Create an isolated test case reproducing the issue in Chrome. Focus on the DOM manipulation that creates extra <p> elements when the editor is dirty.