Issues Editor changed, lost WYSIWYG functionality - specifically QUOTE

Question

The issues editor on my bitbucket has changed in the last day or so to a new layout.

Specifically in my case the "quote" formatting button has been lost.

The new editor seems more inclined towards markdown, when adding a code block the editor asks me for the language before formatting, vs. the prior version which put the code block on screen and let me select the language from a drop down list.

I can still have a quote by prefacing every line with > this is a downgrade to my experience.

I would just like to go back to the old WYSIWYG editor.

It's not clear to me if this is a bug or a "feature", but I've been unable to find reference to it as either.

AdamWShaw · Answer

Well, I guess this issue is moot.

The issue tracker is going away, and I am forced to migrate to Jira in the first instance (or write scripts to move my issues to other trackers).

As I understand, it's already impossible to add a new issue tracker in BitBucket, and in August the existing tracker (and Wikis) will be removed.

I'm only starting to use Jira, it is (at least for my team) free so far, but given that I pay for Bitbucket another subscription would be unwelcome.

Here's the announcement:

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Bitbucket-articles/Announcing-sunset-of-Bitbucket-Issues-and-Wikis/ba-p/3193882?referer=https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Bitbucket-articles/Announcing-sunset-of-Bitbucket-Issues-and-Wikis/ba-p/3193882

businessdad · Answer

Not only the new editor lost its WYSIWYG features, the few ones that remain are broken. The lists, for example, don't work. If you write a few lines, such as:
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3

Then highlight them to turn them into an ordered list, every line gets number "1." It doesn't increase the counter, one has to do it manually

AdamWShaw · Answer

Wow! I hadn't even noticed that, it certainly seems that a lot of usability has been lost with this change.

Stuff like Ctrl-B, I etc. are reflexive when working with just about any editor these days.