281374 - spaces between words are getting removed when I save and then re-edit a text box

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Form Manager, defect)

Description

[Robert Rosenwald]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

I have tested this with Internet Explorer as well and the problem does not
appear when using the hated IE.

Mailermailer.com is a bulk email service. They have a edit window into which you
type (or paste) the text of a message to be sent to your list. You can sign up
for a free account at www.mailiermailer.com. The bug appears at:

https://www.mailermailer.com/manage/msg/tmpledit.mlm?type=freeform&obj=item.1

If you enter text and save it using the update button all is fine but if you
then go back into edit mode spaces between various words start dropping out. The
following is an example. The first is text I pasted into the window and then
saved. The second is they way it appears after going back into edit mode.

Publishers Weekly
The nitty-gritty grunt work that takes place off the race track, and out of
sight in the horse barns where mares are bred and foaled, is the backdrop for
Ehrman's absorbing third mystery to feature Steve Cline, a bright and observant
young barn manager (after 2003's Dead Man's Touch). 

Publishers Weekly
Thenitty-gritty grunt work that takes place off the race track, and out ofsight
in the horse barns where mares are bred and foaled, is thebackdrop for Ehrman's
absorbing third mystery to feature Steve Cline, abright and observant young barn
manager (after 2003's Dead Man'sTouch).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to mailermailer.com
2. Signup for free account
3. Go to create/send 
4. Click on 1. Create using template
5. Choose Free-form with Live Edit
6. Click Continue
7. Click on Edit Section next to Enter your HTML here
8. Paste the following into the window: 
The nitty-gritty grunt work that takes place off the race track, and out of
sight in the horse barns where mares are bred and foaled, is the backdrop for
Ehrman's absorbing third mystery to feature Steve Cline, a bright and observant
young barn manager (after 2003's Dead Man's Touch). 
9. Click on Update
10. Click on Edit button again
11. Read the text in the window - spaces will be missing between some words.
Actual Results:  
The nitty-gritty grunt work that takes place off the race track, andout of sight
in the horse barns where mares are bred and foaled, is thebackdrop for Ehrman's
absorbing third mystery to feature Steve Cline, abright and observant young barn
manager (after 2003's Dead Man'sTouch).

Expected Results:  
The nitty-gritty grunt work that takes place off the race track, and out of
sight in the horse barns where mares are bred and foaled, is the backdrop for
Ehrman's absorbing third mystery to feature Steve Cline, a bright and observant
young barn manager (after 2003's Dead Man's Touch).

It appears that the bug only manifests itself when there are more than one line
of text in the window. When I simply enter a single line and Update and re-edit
spaces do not get stripped.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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