This task is about revising how the Reply tool behaves when {key :} is typed in its `visual` mode.
=== Background
As @Ciell reported here [i], it is unexpected that typing {key :} in the Reply tool's `visual` mode will create a `<blockquote>...</blockquote>` considering that on talk pages, the `:` is commonly understood to cause a comment to be indented.
=== Implementation details
//This section will be filled with an approach once it's decided upon.//
==== Approaches
**Approach 1: do not support `:` as indentation syntax in the tool's `visual` mode**
- When someone types {key :} in the Reply tool's `visual` mode the following should happen:
-- `:` should appear in the tool's text input area
-- A hint should be shown that makes it clear to people that the tool's `visual` mode does not support Wikitext AND if they want to use Wikitext markup, they will need to use the tool's `source` mode.
- When someone switches to the tool's `source` mode after having typed {key :} in the tool's `visual` mode, they should see:
-- `<nowiki>:</nowiki>`
**Approach 2: treat `:` as indentation syntax in the tool's `visual` mode** [i]
- When someone types {key :} in the Reply tool's `visual` mode the following should happen:
-- The line they placed the `:` in front of should be visuall indented
- When someone switches to the tool's `source` mode after having typed {key :} in the tool's `visual` mode, they should see:
-- `:` in the position where they typed in the tool's `visual` mode
- When someone switches back to the tool's `visual` mode from its `source`, they should see:
-- The line they placed the `:` in front of should be visually indented as it had been when they originally typed it.
=== Open questions
- [ ] 1. What would an approach (Approach 2) look like that honors what the person is in this case is trying to do: indent their comment further?
=== Done
- [ ] All "Open questions" are answered
- [ ] The "Implementation details" are implemented
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i. ⚠️This has not yet been discussed with Engineering.