[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16060: Cannot close HTML comments in WordPress page/post
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#16060: Cannot close HTML comments in WordPress page/post
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Reporter: eharris | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
(bug) | Milestone: Awaiting Review
Priority: normal | Version: 3.0.4
Component: Editor | Keywords: HTML comment, corrupted formatting,
Severity: normal | character entity substitution
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WordPress' HTML editor for creating pages and posts does not allow "-->",
converting it instead to "&8211;>". This is fine for the visual editor,
but the HTML editor should not make such substitutions, as it means that
it becomes impossible to comment out sections on pages for whatever reason
The editor does NOT make the same change to "<!--", so the comment
successfully opens, but it does not close, creating formatting problems.
This has been documented for 2 years on the WordPress support forums:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-comments-not-post-comments-in-
pages-038-posts-fail
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-comment-destroys-formatting
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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16060>
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