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  1. Confluence Cloud
  2. CONFCLOUD-79124

Enabling "Disable Autoformatting" under Settings > Editor have no effect to this behaviour.

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      Issue Summary

      When the editor Autoformatting is disabled at https://cloudURL.atlassian.net/wiki/users/viewmyeditorsettings.action copying plain/unformatted text in confluence editor apply its own markup or syntax highlighting automatically.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Tick the box to disable Autoformatting
      2. copy code from a regular text editor (Notepad) without any formatting or syntax highlighting, editor applies its own markup or syntax highlighting.

      Expected Results

      Editor should paste text without formatting since autoformatting is disabled.

      Actual Results

      Confluence Editor applies its own markup or syntax highlighting.

      Workaround

      To avoid Confluence applying custom formatting, you can use one of the following methods:

      1. Press Shift+Ctrl+V or Right-click and select 'Paste as plain text' to paste without formatting.
      2. If you use Ctrl+V or Right-click and select 'Paste', you can choose the paste option available at the end of the text, then select either 'Use Markdown' (Default) or 'Use Plain Text'.

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              4dda4ee2e077 Shahid Qureshi
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