[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40951: New Text Widget - Switching Between Visual/Text Editor Strips Out Code

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#40951: New Text Widget - Switching Between Visual/Text Editor Strips Out Code
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 Reporter:  dwrippe       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.8.1
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  minor         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by synavista):

 (this is @dwrippe - decided to setup a WordPress.org account with my
 company account rather than using my personal account)

 @westonruter just caught up on the Slack convo regarding this. Thanks for
 the quick and devoted conversation to an issue that is affecting an
 unknown but possibly larger number of users than expected. Situations
 where 3rd parties have recommended using Text widgets and scripts to add
 forms (like MailChimp) is one that didn't cross my mind but will
 undoubtedly affect a small handful of our clients that use MailChimp and
 have forms embedded via Text widgets. As you said, it may not be proper
 usage, but it's what MailChimp (and probably others) have been
 recommending for years.

 My 2 cents, for what it's worth - it does seem like the best solution thus
 far (per the options discussed in Slack, if I'm understanding them
 correctly), is to default to the Text Editor in the TinyMCE widget (which
 I assume would preserve existing code?), and include a note alerting users
 of the new HTML Code Widget, providing the opportunity to move existing
 HTML into the new HTML Code widget (or risk losing it by switching to the
 Visual editor)

 I would agree that it doesn't really make sense to try and force the the
 new TinyMCE Text Widget to be an HTML editor, but folks should at least
 have the ability/opportunity to make the change to the "correct" usage.

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