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{{Community Wishlist/Wish
| status = submitted
| status = under-review
| type = bug
| type = bug
| title = Allow copying of citations in Visual Editor in Firefox
| title = Allow copying of citations in Visual Editor in Firefox
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This bug may be related to this annoying thing that when you try to put your cursor to the right of the last citation, it actually puts it to the left of it. So adding a new sentence requires one to first press the right arrow twice.
This bug may be related to this annoying thing that when you try to put your cursor to the right of the last citation, it actually puts it to the left of it. So adding a new sentence requires one to first press the right arrow twice.
| audience = editors
| audience = editors
| tasks = T314228
| phabtasks = T314228
| proposer = [[User:Femke|—Femke 🐦]] ([[User talk:Femke|talk]])
| proposer = Femke
| created = 18:24, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
| created = 2025-09-22T18:24:00Z

| projects = wikipedia

| otherproject =
| area =
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| baselang = en
| baselang = en

Revision as of 20:15, 2 October 2025

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Description

When you try to copy a paragraph in Visual Editor when using Firefox, it copies all of it except the final citation. Similarly, if you try to move a bullet point with a citation, it will copy the text but not the citation.

You then have to go back and separately copy the citation. Makes editing slow, but also more edit-prone.

This bug may be related to this annoying thing that when you try to put your cursor to the right of the last citation, it actually puts it to the left of it. So adding a new sentence requires one to first press the right arrow twice.

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Type of wish
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editors

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  • Created: 18:24, 22 September 2025
  • Last updated: 20:15, 2 October 2025
  • Author: Femke (talk)
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This wish currently has 3 supporters. Voting for this wish is open until it is completed.

Supporters of this wish
Support Femke (talk) 21:40, 18 November 2025
Support Shushugah (talk) 23:25, 22 November 2025
Support Matěj Suchánek (talk) 11:51, 17 February 2026