TinyMCE Paste from Word list item issue

[ew_holmes]

Hi all,

I've discovered a bug, but I'm unsure whether it is actually a WordPress issue or a TinyMCE issue.

When copying + pasting a list from word, list item text is ignored when the contents are only a single word with a period.

<ul>
    <li>This works.</li>
    <li>Nope.</li>
</ul>

My interpretation of this issue is that WordPress (or perhaps TinyMCE itself) is attempting to remove "duplicate list indicators". Something along the lines of this.

<ul>
    <li>a. a list item</li>
    <li>b. another list item</li>
</ul>

In this example, it makes sense to remove a. and b., but perhaps a more explicit regular expression pattern is required to ensure we are not removing words. Things like xi. and iv. etc. should also be caught, as they are roman numerals.

[ew_holmes]

Content sitting in Microsoft Word

[ew_holmes]

Content once pasted into TinyMCE

[azaozz]

I believe this was a TinyMCE bug that was fixed. Closing for now, please feel free to reopen if this still persists. In that case it would be good to open a ​TinyMCE issue too.