Strange behaviour when inserting tables

Question

Hi,

I am trying to insert a table from an Outlook email looking like this:

When I select the table and paste it in the Description field in a Jira issue it looks fine at first:

But when I click 'Save', it turns into:

So, cell A and C are turned into tables of their own, while B and D are formatted Wiki-style. Editing again and changing into Text mode gives:

|A|
B|
|C|
D|

And finally: When I insert a table (using the editor) in the Description field while in Visual mode, I get the same result as pasting the table from the Outlook email. But when I insert the table in Text mode, it works as expected.

I am inclined to call this a bug - but before reporting it as such I just wanted to check with the community. It could just be me :-)

I have tested this on 7.11.1 and 7.13.1.

Ismael Jimoh · Answer

That is correct.

You can then use ‘|’ between each character to create your table.

For some reason when you paste, the visual view is not recognizing the pipe after B and hence seeing the input not as a table.

Edit one of your old settings with the problem and switch to text.

Also consider removing white spaces.

unknown · Answer

Hi Ismael,

Thanks for the response. When I paste in text view, it comes out as:

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A B

C D

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Which is pretty much what I would expect - that is the formatting is removed and only the text is inserted.

Ismael Jimoh · Answer

I’ll suggest you paste in text view as this shows you clearly why it’s broken.

When it comes to pasting from other text editors, I cannot recommend using the Visual view.