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Ctrl + C removes text (and cannot be undone through shortcut keys)
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Ctrl+C, rather than copying text, deletes it entirely. Any attempt to undo this via shortcut keys fails; Ctrl+Z does not work. Found in firefox 17.0, and Firefox 21.0 on Windows 7.


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bz49816

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to High.Nov 22 2014, 2:07 AM
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Not sure if this is exactly the same issue, but here Ctrl+C is replaced by the "chess piece" character: ♙ ; Ctrl+V inputs the same character. Ctrl+Z doesn't work either. Observed in Firefox 21 on openSUSE 12.3

Here's a test I did on [[:en:The Wolfgang Press]]:

  1. Open [[The Wolfgang Press]], open edit in VE.
  2. Select the first wikilink to [[English]] (which is actually a piped link to [[England]]).
  3. Ctrl-X to cut, Ctrl-V to paste at end of second paragraph. You will see a white pawn.
  4. If you hit Ctrl-Z twice, you will see a white pawn appear at the point where the link to [[English]] was.

I saved it, here's the edit - you'll see the link is a white pawn linking to [[England]]. Note how VE also added a gratuitous pawn link to [[Rema-Rema]] lower down the page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wolfgang_Press&diff=560611809&oldid=555123900

Fixed (I think) in gerrit 69503 which we will deploy this afternoon.

Was this actually deployed? Because I can still reproduce the issue (Firefox 12.1, fr.wp); Ctrl+C removes the content, and Ctrl+V inserts the pawn character.

(In reply to comment #4)

Was this actually deployed? Because I can still reproduce the issue (Firefox
12.1, fr.wp); Ctrl+C removes the content, and Ctrl+V inserts the pawn
character.

Sorry, this didn't get deployed until yesterday. :-( Should now be fixed.

Yep; confirm in production on enwp that copy/pasting now works like a dream. Thanks, VE team! :)