[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61817: wptexturize(): Hyphen may be replaced with ndash

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#61817: wptexturize(): Hyphen may be replaced with ndash
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 Reporter:  wildworks     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 This was originally reported as a Gutenberg issue:
 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/64237

 A strange issue has been reported where applying a text or background
 color to hyphens in the content causes the characters to change size as
 they are replaced with en-dashes.

 I tracked down the problem and found that the characters were being
 replaced by the `wptexturize()` function
 [https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/822782a917bf08d2ce89901aba5942de0137127d
 /wp-includes/block-template.php#L266 here].

 When text is colored in the block editor, it is wrapped in a mark element
 like this:

 {{{
 <p>Lorem<mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-
 color has-accent-3-color">–</mark>ipsum</p>
 }}}

 So I tried adding `mark` to the
 [https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/822782a917bf08d2ce89901aba5942de0137127d
 /wp-includes/formatting.php#L106 $default_no_texturize_tags] variable
 array and found that this solved the problem.

 My guess is that we might need to update this variable so that all
 elements used in inline formatting are allowed in it.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61817>
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