120763 - Inserted text area converts multiline contents to single line

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P5)

Description

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Using Build ID: 2002011703
Steps to reproduce problem:
1. Switch to HTML Source view
2. Type
<textarea>some
multiline
contents
for
testing</textarea>
3. Switch to Normal view
4. Switch to HTML Source view
Alternative steps: insert and view the textarea using Insert/HTML Source

Expected results: Textarea appears with 5 lines of text

Actual results: Textarea appears with 5 words on one line

Comment 1

[Kathleen :Brade]

over to core... I think this is a core bug because simply editing a page that
already existed with this html works for when you go between html source and
normal (without changing anything).  Probably another case of the editor not
doing the right thing with new lines.

Comment 2

[Kathleen :Brade]

Attachment: browser testcase (works)

Comment 3

[Joe Francis]

i
dont
know
why
anyone
would
think
this
is
a
problem.

Oh, wait.  Yes I do.

Comment 4

[Jens Stutte [:jstutte]]

Bulk-downgrade of unassigned, >=5 years untouched DOM/Storage bugs' priority.

If you have reason to believe this is wrong (especially for the severity), please write a comment and ni :jstutte.