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Rich text can be pasted into input box on Android

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#4,660 opened on Apr 14, 2021

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Description

When a user copies and pastes formatted text (for instance, from a web browser), the rich text is pasted into the compose box. This is incorrect, we should strip this formatting instead.

See this CZO thread for details.

The next step here is to look at what we get from onChangeText when rich text is pasted in, since that seems like the most likely route to fix this.

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Inspect the onChangeText callback to understand what data is received when rich text is pasted, then strip the formatting before setting the text.
Tech stack
javascriptreact native
Domain
mobile
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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React NativeJavaScript
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75