HTML in ID placeholder

[nicolasr]

I’m not completely sure this is a bug but sometimes I find these strange placeholders.
Browser: Chrome
Windows 10

[bouteloua]

Just to confirm - you’re referring specifically to the presence of HTML code in the placeholder right?
Definitely odd!

[nicolasr]

Yes that’s what I mean

[bouteloua]

Thanks!

[fffffffff]

I see them regularly, thought it was intended.

[pisum]

is that actually what we normally think of as a placeholder? this is the observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50289169. in the english version of the observation, the text in the parentheses is the scientific name for the class.

[bouteloua]

I think so, not sure why this html is displaying, but looks like Nicolás hadn’t made his ID yet in the screenshot.

[pisum]

ok. the text matches the text you get when you search for a taxon, but i’m not sure how that ends up in the placeholder:

UPDATE: it happens in the EDIT screen, if you click on the “use as a placeholder” text instead of the actual taxon entry:

so i guess there’s a small bug on that screen, but it’s sort of user error, too.

[tiwane]

Added a bug report: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/2710

[optilete]

@fffffffff

I see them regularly, thought it was intended.

Was not sure and made a screendump but not a bug report…

[bouteloua]

This one was fixed last July: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/2710