Mobile-Version of Site Bug: Black background with copy/pasted text

[Asemir]

Short Description: The mobile version of the site shows a black background with copy/pasted text.
Browser: Safari on iPhone 5S, iOS 8.1.3 (and earlier)
Severity: All profiles
Description: The mobile version of the site shows a black background with copy/pasted text. The condition of copy/pasted text is not 100% confirmed, but I notice the error shows up when text is assumed to be copy/pasted.
Screenshots: Screenshot of error
Link to Thread: Sample Thread

 

[Kana Truden]

I don't think this is with your phone, I believe this is part of the way copy-pasting works on-site. When you do it the site tends to use the same HTML/BBC-Code that the page used. It's why if you were to copy-paste this very post you would also copy-paste the gray background that this site uses in posts and if you copy-paste from WookiePedia you get the lightgray-blue background and black text that they have there.

My solution when copying anything, and especially from Google Docs is to mark everything and use the eraser button in the upper left corner of the editor box. I do realize this is not possible on the mobile versions, but it is on a computer.

The simplest way to 'fix' it would be for people to copy-paste and then erase all the formatting in said post and carefully reconstruct the look of the thing they tried to copy-paste and even then it's still a question of "Will I do this because I must or because it's nice to people on mobile?"

So the short answer, from me, is: It's not on your end, it's the writer of said post that copy pasted the template and most likely carried the copy-pasted format of the template with it throughout the post.

 

[Asemir]

That's what I figured. However, it only is an issue when viewed from the mobile version of the site. I don't run into the problem when viewing the full version.

 

[Kana Truden]

I don't run into the problem when viewing the full version.

Because on the full version you still get the dark-gray background format that the BBC-code copy-pasted


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Wookiepedia:
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Did you get the text-background on your phone or is it all 'regular', [member="Asemir Lor'kora"] ?

 

[Asemir]

You're absolutely correct. I never noticed the color differences for Wookie because its copy pasted so rarely compared to someone copy pasting something from this site.

So, given that copy pasting carries over the background formatting code, I wonder if there is a setting within the forum settings that can disable the background format copying function?

After all, it's highly annoying to have to switch versions just to read a post.

 

[Kana Truden]

[member="Asemir Lor'kora"]

I know that there is an option to make text paste as plain text but that's about it. To top it off it doesn't seem to work for me.

So on that end, I don't know. Sorry.