[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 westonruter):

 From duplicate #40980:

 > Unlike editing pages, the new widget visual editor on 4.8 will break
 HTML formatting on new and existing text widgets when switching back and
 forth (even without saving).
 >
 > Also of note (though this is probably a wpautop thing): on our
 installation, this also started adding <br> and <p> tags around comments
 and empty spaces where there were none before (we disable wpautop
 globally); we haven't had time to investigate so I can't be sure this
 visual editor is the cause, but it was worth noting.

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