[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32744: Post Editor Automatically Deletes Soft Hyphens

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#32744: Post Editor Automatically Deletes Soft Hyphens
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 Reporter:  Chriki        |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor        |    Version:  4.2.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Wordpress 4.2.2 automatically deletes
 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_hyphen soft hyphens] from my posts.
 This happens either:
  * when I switch between the visual and text views of the editor, or
  * when I save the post.

 I have tried to add soft hyphens in various ways:
  * added using the “Select custom character” pop-up window from the visual
 view
  * added by copy and paste into both the visual and text views
  * added in the text view using the `­` HTML entity

 In all cases the soft hyphens were automatically deleted by the editor.
 This shouldn’t happen since soft hyphens are required for
 [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
 US/docs/Web/CSS/hyphens#Suggesting_line_break_opportunities suggesting
 line break opportunities] for web browsers when automatic hyphenation is
 in use.

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