[GH-ISSUE #4545] [Bug] format of the article copied from HTML page is not displayed correctly #2044

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opened 2026-03-23 21:19:11 +00:00 by mirror · 1 comment

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Originally created by @abcamus on GitHub (Jan 29, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/4545

Bug Description

copy an article from a network page, "https://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-193708.htm" .eg
The text is not readable:

paragraph is not recognised, the text is a whole single block.
alignment of the headers is not generated.
the ref list format is wrong.
the article will be copied twicewhich is not as expected.
a scroll bar is better displayed since the article is very long.

How to Reproduce

open the link "https://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-193708.htm", then copy text to an appflowy page.

Expected Behavior

a reader-friendly display as the original network page.

Operating System

Windows 11

AppFlowy Version(s)

0.4.3

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format issue 1 and 2:

compared with the source page:

format issue 3:

the source page:

format issue 4:

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Originally created by @abcamus on GitHub (Jan 29, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/4545 ### Bug Description copy an article from a network page, "https://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-193708.htm" .eg The text is not readable: 1. paragraph is not recognised, the text is a whole single block. 2. alignment of the headers is not generated. 3. the ref list format is wrong. 4. the article will be copied twicewhich is not as expected. 5. a scroll bar is better displayed since the article is very long. ### How to Reproduce open the link "https://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-193708.htm", then copy text to an appflowy page. ### Expected Behavior a reader-friendly display as the original network page. ### Operating System Windows 11 ### AppFlowy Version(s) 0.4.3 ### Screenshots **format issue 1 and 2:** ![image](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/assets/17241681/25072fcc-8eaa-404f-993e-1c2ac9fdb24b) compared with the source page: ![image](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/assets/17241681/289fb18a-2db7-4c17-8706-b5bef2e17dda) **format issue 3:** ![image](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/assets/17241681/49de9873-75de-47d6-b468-e1bb7b30b618) the source page: ![image](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/assets/17241681/5be4f64e-82a4-493b-9e47-7bf09651bc11) **format issue 4:** ![image](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/assets/17241681/6d017617-49aa-45ae-b885-725c62dd6d7b) ### Additional Context _No response_

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@SkyLostTR commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2024):

HTML export is pretty buggy. If it would look like how it looks on AppFlowy that would be super useful.

@SkyLostTR commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2024): HTML export is pretty buggy. If it would look like how it looks on AppFlowy that would be super useful.

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2026-03-23 22:17:07 +00:00

[PR #2050] [MERGED] fix: sort hint text typo #5076