# When pasting text into the editor using Firefox, it incorrectly formats the text

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**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [March 8, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-pasting-text-into-the-editor-using-firefox-it-incorrectly-formats-the-text/26100 "2015-03-08T10:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-pasting-text-into-the-editor-using-firefox-it-incorrectly-formats-the-text/26100/7 "2016-06-16T13:43:10Z")

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Using Ctrl+v to paste produces the weird formatting as reported. Pasting with the middle button doesn’t.

Currently Firefox 47 on Ubuntu Gnome 16.04, but it’s been like this on Ubuntu for as long as I can remember.

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