nextcloud / nextcloud/mail

Pasting a picture is difficult and not intuitive

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Description

Steps to reproduce
  1. In firefox take a screenshot
  2. Copy the screenshot Ctrl + C
  3. Open the mail app
  4. new mail
  5. In body paste the picture Ctrl + V
Expected behavior

In step 5 The picture is pasted

Actual behavior

The picture is not pasted but can be pasted it if you activate the format
Image
6. Paste the picture Ctrl + V
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Mail app version

No response

Nextcloud version

31.0.5

Mailserver or service

No response

Operating system

No response

PHP engine version

None

Nextcloud memory caching

No response

Web server

None

Database

None

Additional info

Why not activate the format by default, took me ages to find this feature.

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Firefox by opening a new message in the mail app and pasting a screenshot into the body. Start by tracing the composer’s paste handling and the format control mentioned in the report; done means a copied picture is pasted without manually activating formatting.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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