Bad user experience when quoting an entire post via toolbar button

[david (David Taylor)]

Undo not working was discussed in this topic

Undo (Ctrl/Cmd+Z) doesn't work for Markdown

You can’t undo (Ctrl/Cmd+Z) Markdown formatting (e.g., bold). Steps to replicate: Start a new topic. Write three words. Highlight the second word and press Ctrl/Cmd+B Press Ctrl/Cmd+Z Expected result: Asterisks would be removed Actual result: Different in different browsers tested (Safari & Chrome on macOS), but not the expected result.

@codinghorror

There are zero plans to revisit this. Closing this topic because bikeshedding. The native browser form input element behavior is what you get – if you don’t like that, take it up with your friendly neighborhood browser vendor.

The issue is that Discourse’s editor buttons manipulate the <input> content directly, so the browser doesn’t know what’s going on and therefore can’t manage the undo history. Changing the editor buttons to use a technique like this, rather than modifying the <input> element directly would probably help:

In Chrome undo does not work properly for input element after contents changed programmatically