Using ~ in notes are prepended with \ when copied
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bug
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
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Notes containing a ~ and copied are pasted as \~ with a prepended \
Steps to reproduce
1.create a note with a ~
2.copy the note
3.paste in a text editor
Expected behaviour
Note text is pasted as is
Actual behaviour
all ~ are prepended with a \
Server
Please complete the following information.
- Nextcloud Server version:
Nextcloud 32.0.3
- Operating system and version:
#1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1~bookworm (2025-09-16)
- Web server and version:
Server version: Apache/2.4.65 (Debian)
- Reverse proxy and version:
nginx version: openresty/1.27.1.2
- PHP version:
PHP 8.3.29 (cli) (built: Dec 29 2025 23:29:58) (NTS)
- Is this the first time you've seen this error? (Yes / No):
yes
- When did this problem seem to first start?
prob direct after installation
- Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
OMV Container
- Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
nope
Nextcloud configuration:
```
{
"system": {
"instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"version": "32.0.3.2",
"loglevel": 2,
"log_rotate_size": 262144,
"maintenance": false,
"maintenance_window_start": 3,
"default_locale": "DE_CH",
"default_phone_region": "CH",
"datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
"memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"redis": {
"host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"password": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"port": 6379
},
"upgrade.disable-web": true,
"passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtype": "mysql",
"mysql.utf8mb4": true,
"dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbport": "",
"dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtableprefix": "oc_",
"htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
"trusted_domains": [
"srv-nas-pi.kingma:8080",
"office.kingma.ch",
"office.king.ma"
],
"overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/office.kingma.ch",
"overwriteprotocol": "https",
"apps_paths": [
{
"path": "\/var\/www\/html\/apps",
"url": "\/apps",
"writable": false
},
{
"path": "\/var\/www\/html\/custom_apps",
"url": "\/custom_apps",
"writable": true
}
],
"mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
"mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
"mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpport": "465",
"mail_smpttimeout": 30,
"installed": true,
"mail_smtpauth": true,
"mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpsecure": "ssl",
"app_install_overwrite": []
}
}
```
Client
Please complete the following information.
- Browser (incl. version): Firefox 14
- OS: Fedora 43
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the Notes editor using a note containing ~, then copy it into a plain-text editor and compare the pasted text with the original. Trace the copy path in the JavaScript notes frontend and verify that copied note text preserves ~ without a prepended backslash.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, markdown
- Domain
- content, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100