Pasting external content

[koke]

Let's make sure we test pasting contents from another app and evaluate what we need to fix for the beta.

Customer research has reveled that most people at least start their draft elsewhere

So far, pasting multiple paragraphs of text on iOS works visually, but:

• they're not split into separate paragraphs
• the block doesn't resize to fit the content until you type Pasting issues on Paragraph and Heading blocks #438
• since I was pasting from a website, it inherited the custom font size. Should "Paste and match style" be the default for Gutenberg?

[koke]

@daniloercoli @diegoreymendez as you work on split/merge, try to do some tests pasting content and log the issues here

[hypest]

I think this ticket involves work on multiple levels so, allow me to split it up in smaller targets that might help us tackle it in steps:

Target 1:

Be able to paste multi-paragraph simple text and having it split into multiple blocks. Think: copy multiple paragraphs of text that doesn't include rich text whatsoever (like bold/italics/headings/etc). Will need effort on Aztec (native) and RN the least.

Target 2:

Be able to paste multi-paragraph rich-text. Think: paragraphs, headings, bold, italics. Blocks should pick up the styling from each of the copied sections. Will need effort on Aztec (native) and RN the least.

Target 3:

Be able to paste rich-text along with images and more. Think: Targets 1, 2 plus images, unsupported blocks. Will involve effort on all layers (Aztec, RN, WP apps). Images pasted will need to get uploaded on the spot.

[diegoreymendez]

Closing. Let's open issues for any pending work.