Paste and General Rich Text UX issues

Bugs & Issues
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Problem 1: Paste in a Rich Text cell does not work

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Navigate over the table to a simple text cell containing some text value with the arrow keys,
  2. Press Cmd+C to copy,
  3. Navigate to a Rich Text cell with the arrow keys,
  4. Press Cmd+V,
  • Expected: The copied text is pasted into the Rich Text cell.
  • Actual: Rich Text cell is unchanged, the warning toast “cannot paste” is displayed.

Problem 2: When the Rich Text editor opens, the entry point is not focused

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Click an empty RTF cell - the editor view appears

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  • Expected: The text area is focused, and the user can type.
  • Actual: Typing a text is not accepted because the entry point is not focused. The user has to click the text area.

Problem 3: Cannot enter the Rich Text editor with keys only

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Navigate to a Rich Text cell with the arrow keys,
  2. Press F2 or Space
  • Expected: The Rich Text editor appears to change the cell value.
  • Actual: On F2, nothing happens. On Space, the Entity Editor appears instead.

Problem 4: After making changes in the Rich Text editor, the record does not reflect the changes

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Enter the Rich Text editor and make changes,
  2. Exit with the Close cross or Back button,
  • Expected: The respective Rich Text cell to have the new value,
  • Actual: The cell remains unchanged.

Screen recording:

Unfortunately, I cannot upload video attachments here; therefore, here is the file:

Environment:

  • Fibery for Mac 2.8.5
  • macOS: 26.2 (25C56)
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Unfortunately most of these bugs are not bugs from Fibery perspective, but side effects of Rich Text field implementation.

Problem 1. Not a bug, What you see in table is a snippet, not the full field, and it is not possible to paste here

Problem 2. A bug

Problem 3. Not a bug

Problem 4. Not a bug, since it may take time to sync rich text snippet with actual rich text

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Thanks for your reply and for the ongoing efforts on this excellent product!

It’s great that most of the points are not bugs :smiling_face: I’ll add some context:

1. Paste operation is working for all other field types. Consistency would be appreciated.

Also, the warning toast text could be reworded for clarity. Currently, it’s a bit misleading: ”Can’t paste, Cannot create entity of “Personal/Journal” DB with missing required fields: Date” - But I didn’t mean to create an entity, nor did I have anything to do with the Date field. I just wanted to paste some text.

3. No, it’s not a bug. It’s an accessibility concern and a UX inconsistency. Many keyboard-first users would appreciate better hotkey support, such as using F2 or Enter to edit or toggle in-place editor, as is common in grid-based apps.

4 . I understand. Could we implement optimistic updates so that the user can see the changes being saved?

Accessibility and user experience are priorities that extend beyond core functionality. Nevertheless, a quick note tool is expected to work as smoothly as possible.