XF 2.1 Xenforo 2.1.9 cannot copy and paste to hotlink images from clipboard with image attachments turned off (worked in 1.5)

[the]

As described here (I have investigated the reply, that does not solve this issue)

XF 2.1 - Unable to paste images or drag and drop them into the rich text editor

Ever since upgrading our forum to 2.1.3 users have been unable to copy and past images or drag and drop them into the editor. Simply nothing happens. No errors are logged on the console. Is there a new setting that I'm missing or are we experiencing a bug?

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Desribed here with much confusion in the replies about the behavior. The issue is NOT attachments. Some of us turn attachments off for space/copyright reasons:

XF 2.1 - Copy and paste image to editor not as attachments

We have one forum that is mainly seniors and they dont like change! With 1.5 our members could copy and paste an image directly into the editor and not as an attachment. Is this still possible with 2.1? I have tried to show them how using the Insert Image > By Url but some members just cant...

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1.5 Behavior:
Turn off image attachments.
Users can right click an image from the web and select 'copy image' and the right click and paste it into the text box. This created an instant hotlinked image preview in the rich text editor. This was very useful for skipping additional steps of copying and pasting image URLs, clicking a drop down menu, pasting the URL. Many extra steps.


2.1.9 Behavior:
Turn off image attachments.
Right click 'copy image' from the web, right click 'paste' into the text editor. Nothing happens.


Is there a fix for this?
Is there a work around to avoid the copying and pasting URL text into image menu of the text editor? This is antiquated behavior and adds steps.


Thank you.

 

[RallyFan]

For big articles this, however, would not work as you would have to upload manually a big bunch of images and that’s actually tedious. Specially when we talk about big posts/articles.

I think one big thing is that it highly depends on what you are posting / your forum.

For most news and sports articles, pictures are a nicety but not really necessary (infact sometimes can distract from the article itself).

However for articles (lets say) that are trying to explain something (like say a step by step how to), pictures would be almost necessary.

For example recently a guy came onboard as a Xenforo customer and his board focuses on repairing hard drives and computers at a board level. So in this example we are talking about (and if they didn't allow images to be hosted directly), the issue could be quite problematic.

Whereas if they allow uploading of images the problem isn't a problem.

Part config related and part how you use the forum I guess.

 

[Zentral]

Hello,

@Mike would you mind showing us the workaround you talked about? It would be really beneficial for us even if it’s only for that specific situation.

Regards,
Zentral.

 

[Mike]

It's not something you can directly change because it's part of minified JS. However, the fix is running here, so you should be able to replace your js/xf/editor-compiled.js file with the one here: https://xenforo.com/community/js/xf/editor-compiled.js?_v=c0a09d67 (Though I would only do that if you'r running a very recent version of XF 2.1, ideally 2.1.10.)

Note that I'd recommend going to <url>/install/ after replacing the file and rebuilding master data, as this should force a JS version update which will avoid any issues with the updated JS not being served as expected.

 

[RallyFan]

Seriously ... how many other software companies would you get service like that.

Awesome work by you and the entire team Mike!

 

[Zentral]

It's not something you can directly change because it's part of minified JS. However, the fix is running here, so you should be able to replace your js/xf/editor-compiled.js file with the one here: https://xenforo.com/community/js/xf/editor-compiled.js?_v=c0a09d67 (Though I would only do that if you'r running a very recent version of XF 2.1, ideally 2.1.10.)

Note that I'd recommend going to <url>/install/ after replacing the file and rebuilding master data, as this should force a JS version update which will avoid any issues with the updated JS not being served as expected.

Hello,

Thank you @Mike, this was definitely a lifesaver. It now works as intended (at least for us). Thanks for your amazing work and quick response. Maybe this should be posted somewhere for people to know. We noticed there were several people with the same issue scattered all over the forum.

Best regards,
Zentral.

 

[Zentral]

Hello,

I'm sorry to revive this thread but I noticed the same inconsistency with the image bb code tags happens with color and size format tags when they are copied on the clipboard. Any formatting past the bold, italics, underlined tags is lost when copy pasting into the editor.
Is there maybe a way to fix this the same way the image BBCode tags were fixed? Maybe a workaround like the one @Mike provided earlier will also work for the formatting tags?

Regards,
Zentral

 

[Zentral]

Hi,

Bumping this thread (sorry @Mike) because I feel like this issue is basically the same as the OP posted but with a different BBCode.
I'd rather have both answers in the seam thread than create a new one for the font options.

Regards,
Zentral

 

[Mike]

TBH, it really doesn't have any relation. But in most cases, styling is stripped out when pasting and this is intentional/expected.

 

[Zentral]

TBH, it really doesn't have any relation. But in most cases, styling is stripped out when pasting and this is intentional/expected.

Hello,

Thanks for the input @Mike. Is it possible to find a workaround for this maybe? Like the one you found for images.

Thanks in advance and keep the good work!
Zentral.

 

[Zentral]

Hello,

Bumping this not to overflow the suggestions forum. Although if needed I will open a new thread, just tell me to. @Mike

Regards and thanks!
Zentral.

 

[Mike]

There isn't really anything to workaround -- it's the expected behavior and it's mostly intentional. It's almost necessary with how some clipboard content is formatted (inline styling applied when you wouldn't have any expectation of it being there).

While you can make a suggestion, I think it's very unlikely that there will be any significant changes here.

 

[Zentral]

Hi,

Oh, okay. I understand this could be as design but it’s unfortunate for us. Is there any possibility of modification of the editor-compiled.js file further to achieve this? Like the modification you sent us. Should we contact the modding community for an addon? Or is this something that support could help us with? Thanks again @Mike! You and the team are amazing.

Regards,
Zentral.

 

[beerForo]

Is there any solution for this for the most recent XF? My users are used to copy/pasting into editor, and it uploads. It worked this was before I imported my newest site into XF so I would like that back is possible. Thanks!

 

[the]

Is there any solution for this for the most recent XF? My users are used to copy/pasting into editor, and it uploads. It worked this was before I imported my newest site into XF so I would like that back is possible. Thanks!

No fix is coming.
Current expectation is to host files on your own (such as digital point storage) and then copy and paste will work by initiating and upload to your own storage.
Unfortunately, this does not work well with animated gifs and has essentially killed that behavior for my users.

The only fixe would be a modification that replaces the editor

 

[Alan_SP]

digital point storage

Can you give me a link for this?