Pasting the wikitext to instantiate a category link into VE throws a fatal
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	SBisson
	Nov 9 2015, 4:28 PM

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Open any Flow editor in VE mode
Paste a category. For instance: [[category:foo]]
A stacktrace appears in the editor

11:20:03.371 TypeError: range is null
ve.dm.Surface.prototype.setSelection() load.php:178
ve.dm.Surface.prototype.changeInternal() load.php:181
ve.dm.Surface.prototype.change() load.php:180
ve.dm.SurfaceFragment.prototype.change() load.php:184
ve.dm.SurfaceFragment.prototype.insertDocument() load.php:195
insert() load.php:414
jQuery.Callbacks/fire() load.php:45
jQuery.Callbacks/self.fireWith() load.php:46
.Deferred/</deferred[tuple[0]]() load.php:47
ve.ui.DataTransferHandler.prototype.resolve() load.php:546
ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.prototype.process/<() load.php:768
.Deferred/promise.then/</</<() load.php:47
jQuery.Callbacks/fire() load.php:45
jQuery.Callbacks/self.fireWith() load.php:46
.Deferred/</deferred[tuple[0]]() load.php:47
mw.Api.prototype.ajax/xhr<() load.php:338
jQuery.Callbacks/fire() load.php:45
jQuery.Callbacks/self.fireWith() load.php:46
done() load.php:135
.send/callback() load.php:1411
 load.php:178:119

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Wikitext paste: Fail if result has no visible content	mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor	master	+4 -0

Customize query in gerrit

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Duplicates Merged Here: T115273: 'Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'start' of null' when pasting Categories in VE

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SBisson created this task.Nov 9 2015, 4:28 PM

SBisson raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

SBisson updated the task description. (Show Details)

SBisson added a project: StructuredDiscussions.

SBisson added subscribers: SBisson, Catrope.

Restricted Application added a project: Collaboration-Team-Triage. · View Herald TranscriptNov 9 2015, 4:28 PM

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• Mattflaschen-WMF edited projects, added Collaboration-Team-Archive-2015-2016, VisualEditor; removed Collaboration-Team-Triage.Nov 9 2015, 4:38 PM

• Mattflaschen-WMF set Security to None.

The same problem with non-Flow page - checked in betalabs.

• Mattflaschen-WMF removed projects: Collaboration-Team-Archive-2015-2016, StructuredDiscussions.Nov 9 2015, 11:02 PM

Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from Cannot paste category into editor in VE mode (master, beta, mw.org) to Pasting the wikitext to instantiate a category link into VE throws a fatal.Nov 10 2015, 8:05 PM

Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as Low priority.

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor-MediaWiki.

Jdforrester-WMF edited a custom field.

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to TR0: Interrupt on the VisualEditor board.

Change 253815 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders):
Wikitext paste: Fail if result has no visible content

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/253815

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 18 2015, 1:44 AM

Esanders claimed this task.Nov 18 2015, 1:46 AM

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Nov 18 2015, 3:33 AM

Jdforrester-WMF removed a project: Patch-For-Review.

Change 253815 merged by jenkins-bot:
Wikitext paste: Fail if result has no visible content

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/253815

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.27-release (WMF-deploy-2015-12-08_(1.27.0-wmf.8)).Nov 18 2015, 4:00 AM

Jdforrester-WMF merged a task: T115273: 'Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'start' of null' when pasting Categories in VE .Nov 19 2015, 7:28 PM

Pasting the wikitext to instantiate a category link into VE throws a fatalClosed, ResolvedPublic1 Estimated Story PointsActions

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Pasting the wikitext to instantiate a category link into VE throws a fatal
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