Maniphest T368396

"Sorry, this element can only be edited in source mode for now" in VisualEditor for wikitext which should be supported
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	dom_walden
	Tue, Jun 25, 12:54 PM

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What is the problem?

When I switch to VisualEditor, I am sometimes seeing Sorry, this element can only be edited in source mode for now (you need to hover over to see the full message).

The wikitext seems to be valid and not include anything like templates. See example from reproduction steps.

Steps to reproduce problem

https://wishlist-test.toolforge.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Intake
In Describe your wish, enter (remember to include the leading newline)

foo

== hi, any help is appreciated ==

Switch to VisualEditor

Expected behaviour: It should look the same as editing any other page with VisualEditor.
Observed behaviour: You see Sorry, this element can ...

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sorry_this_element_can.png (555×988 px, 50 KB)

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	Title	Reference	Author	Source Branch	Dest Branch
	DescriptionField: use Target's parseDocument() when switching to visual	repos/commtech/wishlist-intake!122	musikanimal	T368396	main

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Mentioned In: T365157: Add visual editing to the description field

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dom_walden created this task.Tue, Jun 25, 12:54 PM

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musikanimal opened https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/commtech/wishlist-intake/-/merge_requests/122

DescriptionField: use Target's parseDocument() when switching to visual

MusikAnimal moved this task from In development to Feedback and review on the Community-Tech (July 1-12 2024 (Corsac Fox)) board.Tue, Jul 2, 3:06 AM

samwilson merged https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/commtech/wishlist-intake/-/merge_requests/122

DescriptionField: use Target's parseDocument() when switching to visual

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Tue, Jul 2, 4:30 AM

MusikAnimal moved this task from Feedback and review to QA on the Community-Tech (July 1-12 2024 (Corsac Fox)) board.Tue, Jul 2, 5:07 PM

@MusikAnimal I have found a few places where I still see Sorry, this element can ...

Examples:

https://wishlist-test.toolforge.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Wishlist/Wishes/Table_test_C&editwish=1
https://wishlist-test.toolforge.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Wishlist/Wishes/Table_test_B&editwish=1 (more examples like the last)
https://wishlist-test.toolforge.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Wishlist/Wishes/VisualEditor_test_7&editwish=1#Last_years (the image of the grave)

dom_walden updated the task description. (Show Details)Wed, Jul 3, 9:53 AM

dom_walden mentioned this in T365157: Add visual editing to the description field.Thu, Jul 4, 2:56 PM