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andrixnet opened this issue Apr 20, 2025 · 0 comments
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Custom cache - description does not follow editor formating #16868

andrixnet opened this issue Apr 20, 2025 · 0 comments

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andrixnet commented Apr 20, 2025 •
edited by moving-bits
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I was just testing how to create a custom cache in c:geo.

Steps performed:

  • long tap -> create custom cache
  • set a title.
  • on the cache page, I edit description. I am presented with a textarea like field. I write some text for testing, including several NEWLINE (ie ENTER key).

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After I submit this dialog, I see the description without anything resembling the simple formatting I set in the editor.

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Retrying to edit the description I see the text with newlines as I entered it originally (also exported to GPX as such), but displaying is still the same.

The behaviour is similar to displaying HTML content and what I entered in that textarea was plain text, hence the spaces and newlines are considered as a single space.

This is with "description style" = default.

The only way to see what I entered how I entered it is to set "description style" = HTML source.

I believe there is more to it that display style.
On a smartphone screen and keyboard it is really tedious to type HTML code. While in the field, it would be downright impractical.
Also, "description style" is a control under "Advanced". So user friendly and intuitive don't qualify.

For user friendly and intuitive way I would recommend something as follows:

  • give the user a simple textarea; this edits text content as simplified from existing HTML, if exists.
  • submitted text is transformed into a basic HTML with like <br> and &nbsp; to ensure proper display (default style)
  • give the user a way to switch between editing the description in a simple way and editing HTML source. (the advanced feature)
  • the "description style" options under "advanced" remain, they have their respective uses.

Samsung Galaxy A20e; Android 11
c:geo 2025-04-02

(Edited by @moving-bits to preserve HTML formatting for <br> and &nbsp;)
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