Bug 70823 – Using the EditorCommand InsertText with spaces destroys the style.

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Component: HTML Editing

[Mike Fenton]

Created attachment 112353 [details]
Test to validate insertion.

Attempting to insert text using the InsertTextCommand code destroys the style of the selection if a space exists.

From InsertTextCommand::doApply
    // FIXME: This delete operation blows away the typing style.
    if (endingSelection().isRange()) {
        if (performTrivialReplace(m_text, m_selectInsertedText))
            return;
        deleteSelection(false, true, true, false);
    }

The selection is deleted if a trivial replacement cannot be done.

From InsertTextCommand::performTrivialReplace

    if (text.contains('\t') || text.contains(' ') || text.contains('\n'))
        return false;

Trivial replacement only occurs when none of the above characters are present.