#138 — Pasted content is treated as a single block element

A very common scenario for our users is to transfer page content from a desktop app like Word or Notepad and paste it into the editor in Plone. The problem is that Tiny MCE renders the entire copied text as a single paragraph. It inserts only double line breaks where hard returns had been in the original document. The result is that after content has been pasted into the editor, any application of a style (heading, subheading, etc) affects the entire page instead of just the highlighted section.

Kupu does a better job and will close paragraph tags before each hard return. This results in better HTML. Below is an example of some content pasting into Tiny MCE so you can see what I mean:

<p>Heading Two<br /><br />Body text is like this.&nbsp; Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this.<br /><br />HEADING THREE<br /><br />Body text is like this.&nbsp; Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this.<br /><br />Body text is like this.&nbsp; Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this. Body text is like this.</p>