Allow user to indicate pasted content source #3646
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plugin:pastefromgdocs
The plugin which probably causes the issue.
plugin:pastefromword
The plugin which probably causes the issue.
plugin:pastetext
The plugin which probably causes the issue.
plugin:pastetools
The plugin which probably causes the issue.
status:confirmed
An issue confirmed by the development team.
type:feature
A feature request.
Type of report
Feature request
Provide description of the new feature
During development of PfW and its peers we encounter a number of issues caused by our inability to easily detect the source (and therefore sometimes the format) of pasted data. That makes us use more or less ugly hacks to ensure the outcome will look as expected by user.
Instead we could give a minimal dose of responsibility to the user and give him the possibility to indicate the source of content so that we could handle it properly. That could save us time, lines of code, unexpected bugs and regressions (whoa, seems like a lot of profits). For now implementation is an open topic - we just know that it should be as user-friendly as possible.
Current ideas are as follows:
CC @Comandeer as you have already created something like this during one of company hackathons - please show us what you've got :)
Splitbutton (Unify pasting UI #3276):
There was also a broader discussion about Splitbutton plugin itself in Split button UI component #1679.
Dialog displaying after detecting ambiguous content with options to choose from.
Sources for user to choose from may be:
Some important insights about handling pasting from different sources are also in #3258.
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