[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42681: 'Insert link' button doesn't work when updating a post and using div elements at the same time

[WordPress Trac]

#42681: 'Insert link' button doesn't work when updating a post and using div
elements at the same time
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 Reporter:  michellefoolen  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  TinyMCE         |     Version:  4.9
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> When updating a post (after publishing it earlier), it's not possible to
> add a new link via the 'insert' link button in the visual editor, if the
> link is placed between<div> and </div> elements.
>
> You can reproduce this error by:
> - opening a new post
> - adding <div> </div> in the text editor *
> - press the ‘publish’ button
> - switch back to the visual editor
> - add a link via the ‘insert’ link button (for example: www.google.com)
> - switch to the text editor and notice that the result is not a link
> element but just :<div> http://www.google.com</div>
>
> Actual result: <div> http://www.google.com </div>
> Expected result: <div> <a href=“http://google.com”>http://google.com</a>
> </div>
>
> This error didn’t happen in WordPress 4.8.2, but it does in WordPress
> 4.9.
>

> *please note that from here on, everything in your editor is placed
> within div elements automatically. For example, just pressing the ‘enter’
> button leads to new<div> </div> elements in your text editor

New description:

 When updating a post (after publishing it earlier), it's not possible to
 add a new link via the 'insert' link button in the visual editor, if the
 link is placed between<div> and </div> elements.

 You can reproduce this error by:
 - opening a new post
 - adding `<div> </div>` in the text editor *
 - press the ‘publish’ button
 - switch back to the visual editor
 - add a link via the ‘insert’ link button (for example: www.google.com)
 - switch to the text editor and notice that the result is not a link
 element but just: `<div> http://www.google.com</div>`

 Actual result: `<div> http://www.google.com </div>`
 Expected result: `<div> <a href=“http://google.com”>http://google.com</a>
 </div>`

 This error didn’t happen in WordPress 4.8.2, but it does in WordPress 4.9.


 *please note that from here on, everything in your editor is placed within
 div elements automatically. For example, just pressing the ‘enter’ button
 leads to new `<div> </div>` elements in your text editor

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