Pasted plain text with line breaks, can't add a list to each line

[qqabcv520]

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💻 Version of CKEditor

12.0.7

📋 Steps to reproduce

1. Copy multiple lines of text
2. Paste
3. List command

✅ Expected result

Add a list to each line

❎ Actual result

Only added to the first line

📃 Other details that might be useful

Inconsistent with Microsoft Word

[Reinmar]

CKEditor 4 also allows turning lines between soft breaks into list items. However, it comes at a cost. This content:

<p>foo<br>bar<br>bom</p>

Will become this after applying the list to a selection placed in "bar":

<p>foo</p>
<ul><li>bar</li></ul>
<p>bom</p>

And after you remove the list, you'll get:

<p>foo</p>
<p>bar</p>
<p>bom</p>

So a different content than the one you started with. But, OTOH, it's the same if the middle line was a heading, so perhaps it's fine.

cc @oleq @scofalik WDYT?

[qqabcv520]

So how should I use <p>foo</p> replace foo<br> when I paste plain text wraps?

[Reinmar]

So how should I use <p>foo</p> replace foo<br> when I paste plain text wraps?

I'm sorry but I don't understand your question.

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I checked that Google Docs behaves like CKEditor 5 – the entire block is converted into list item.

And, MS Word behaves like CKEditor 5 as well. Which means that only CKEditor 4 behaves differently here.

cc @mlewand

[qqabcv520]

CKEditor: Only added to the first line.

Google Docs: Add a list to each line.

So how should I Add a list to each line?

[qqabcv520]

@Reinmar

[scofalik]

Maybe when pasting from Notepad, <br>s are created instead of paragraphs for each line?

[Mgsy]

Google Docs: Add a list to each line.

That's because in this case, Google Docs creates two separate paragraphs after paste. If you try to create a paragraph with a soft brake and apply a list, you'll notice it behaves like CKEditor 5.

Maybe when pasting from Notepad, <br>s are created instead of paragraphs for each line?

You're right, CKEditor 5 doesn't create a new paragraph for each line pasted from Notepad.

[Reinmar]

So, it's a question whether single line breaks in plain text should create new paragraphs or <br>s. I think we had a discussion about that but I can't find it now.

We should open a new ticket with a better description and close this one. How line breaks are pasted will affect more features (e.g. headings, text alignment, image insertion). I'd be fine with changing the current algorithm and I think it wasn't criticised for the first time

[qqabcv520]

I think the paste behavior should be the same as the main editor, whether a single line break in plain text should create a new paragraph when pasted, or configurable.

[Reinmar]

I think the paste behavior should be the same as the main editor

What do you mean by "main editor"?

[qqabcv520]

mainstream editor, popular editor, for example: MS Word, Google Doc. @Reinmar