[RESOLVED] New Editor Bug: "special characters" & hyperlinks

[daledoc1]

Good morning:

Problem:  When trying to create a hyperlink that should look like this >>LINK<< (where the entire underlined string here should be a link),  it end up like %3E%3ETHIS%3C%3C

This is a new issue today, at least for me.

Steps to repro:

1. Type a string like this: >>LINK<<
2. Highlight it with one's mouse and select the "link" button from the editor ribbon
3. Navigate to this pinned topic (I am under Firefox 48.0.2 on Win10/64 v1511): https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/119858-available-assistance-for-possibly-infected-computers/
4. Select the URL from the location/URL bar to copy it
5. Paste the URL into the field in the editor "link" window

Expected behavior:

1. The inserted link would be displayed as >>LINK<< (with a working, embedded link, not just an underline) -- I have done this 1000 times before, using the >> and << characters for emphasis when inserting a link into a post.

Observed behavior:

1. The inserted link looks like this %3E%3ELINK%3C%3C

This is readily reproducible.

Workaround:

1. Create the link without the >> or << characters: LINK

It seems that the >> and << characters are no longer properly handled by the editor when inserting links.

Again, this is NEW editor behavior.

Thank you,

[Firefox]

Testing links

%3E%3ELINK%3C%3C

LINK

 

Yeah is reproducible

[AlexSmith]

I can reproduce this issue too. I'll report it to IPS.

[daledoc1]

Thank you.

[daledoc1]

For the record: bug persists.

I ran into it when I tried to paste the link for this sticky, with its title, (which contains >><< characters) into a reply:

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/144403-readme-first-posts-here-need-to-include-mbae-logs/

(I do not expect a fix over this long holiday weekend. I merely mention it as a reminder.)

Thank you,

Edited September 3, 2016 by daledoc1

[AlexSmith]

The issue was reported to IPS. They have stated it will be fixed in a future release.

[AlexSmith]

There was an IPS Community Suite Update released today that included an updated CKEditor which included a fix for this issue. This issue should be resolved now.

[David H. Lipman]

>>LINK<<

Edited September 19, 2016 by David H. Lipman

[daledoc1]

Hi:

2 minutes ago, David H. Lipman said:

>>LINK<<

Dave, your link does not include the special characters. IOW, you only hyperlinked the alphanumeric characters. So it's not quite the same as the original problem.

However, the issue does seem to be fixed.

See >>HERE<<

Thanks!