Special character insertion replaces selected content (including focusable nodes)
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	Ryasmeen
	Feb 4 2014, 12:58 AM

Description

Steps to reproduce:

1.Open a page with VE
2.Select a gallery
3.Open the Special character inserter
4.Select a character

Observed Result:
Unlike other elements like math/hiero/image which gets placed right after the gallery even if it is selected, in this case the special character replaces the whole gallery.
The behavior should be uniform for all cases.

Test Environment: https://test2.wikipedia.org/
Browser: Chrome Version 26.0.1410.65 & FF 25
OS: MAC OS X 10. 8. 5
Page:https://test2.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3rdfebFF&veaction=edit

Version: unspecified
Severity: normal

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Reference: bz60802

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Mentioned Here: T60118: VisualEditor:Applying a special character insertion while selecting an image deletes the image
T65227: Quotation marks added via special characters tool should wrap selected text, not replace it

Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 2:51 AM

• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor-EditingTools.

• bzimport set Reference to bz60802.

Ryasmeen created this task.Feb 4 2014, 12:58 AM

This is not a gallery specific issue ,it happens for other elements too.For Example: if you select an image or a text and Insert special character , it replaces the selection with special character.

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor.Nov 24 2014, 4:31 PM

Tgr added a parent task: T93407: [DO NOT USE] <gallery> issues (tracking) [superseded by #MediaWiki-Gallery].Mar 20 2015, 7:39 PM

Krinkle unsubscribed.Apr 17 2015, 8:04 PM

matmarex renamed this task from VisualEditor: Special Character replaces the whole gallery when the character inserter is opened while selecting the gallery to Special character insertion replaces selected content (including focusable nodes).Apr 21 2015, 6:58 AM

matmarex removed a parent task: T93407: [DO NOT USE] <gallery> issues (tracking) [superseded by #MediaWiki-Gallery].

matmarex set Security to None.

According to T60118 this is intentional, but I think we should reconsider, especially given T65227: Quotation marks added via special characters tool should wrap selected text, not replace it. WikiEditor's special character inserter has the same behavior, though.

matmarex added a project: WikiEditor.Apr 21 2015, 8:41 AM

If it's a wrapper, we add it top/tail like you'd expect; if it's a non-wrapper character, we replace, which I think is fine.

GOIII moved this task from Backlog to Closed on the WikiEditor board.Apr 3 2016, 9:07 AM

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