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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-43860

Copy and paste from Command Prompt into Description/Comment field removes the text formatting

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Low
    • None
    • 6.4, 6.4.5
    • None

    Description

      Summary

      When copy text from Command Prompt (even the result from Command Prompt that was paste in Notepad) or Putty and paste it to Comment or Descripton field, the format of the text, such as "Tab" keys, are removed. As the result, few lines become one line.

      Environment

      • JIRA 6.4.5
      • IE 11.0.9600.17691

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Copy the following text (This text is copied from Windows Command prompt)

        id | cfname
        ------+----------------------
        10100 | Customer Request Type
        10101 | Request participants
        10102 | Time to resolution
        10000 | test
        (4 rows)

      2. Paste it to a comment or description of an issue in JIRA. (access JIRA using IE 11)

      Expected Results

      Actual Results

      Using "Ctrl+v" (the formatting of the copied text is revomed):

      Using mouse "Right click and Paste":

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              mmuthusamy Moga
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