Underline inline style outputs code on the front end

[kathrynwp]

While the Underline option is provided as an inline style, it isn't displayed correctly.

To replicate

• Select some text in a forum post
• Click the upside-down caret icon and apply the Underline option
• Submit the post

Result

Before submission the underlined text looks OK in the editor:

Once submitted, inline HTML is visible on the front end:

Expected

Underlining should be displayed on the front end instead of HTML and inline CSS.

Note

The inline options appear to be different in the live WP.org Support forums than in the test forum, which may be why this was not caught earlier. If it would be possible to get the test forum in sync with the live forum, it would be helpful.

Test Forum Inline Options

Live Forum Inline Options

Includes Justify & Underline options:

Report

Reported in Slack here

[johngodley]

Where are you seeing the underline option? It is not part of the plugin.

[kathrynwp]

@johngodley Weird! It's in the live forums, for example when creating a post:

https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/?view=all#new-topic-0

[johngodley]

It's not part of Gutenberg itself, or this plugin, so must be something added on that forum but not the test ones. If it is supposed to be there then it will need to be added to the KSES filters.

[kathrynwp]

OK! What's the best way to address this, do you think I should make a Meta ticket, or something else?

[kathrynwp]

I don't think we need underlining or justification in the forums, personally.

[porg]

Underlining may be important when users want to mimick a link without creating a real one, when paraphrasing an error message, bug or proposal. A situation which is realistic on a support forum for a CMS.

[porg]

Or when quoting text which has underlines, which is possible in Gutenberg.

Why limit expression?

[johngodley]

@kathrynwp I don't know what the process is, maybe @dd32 can advise. If it's not intentional then it's probably a plugin or configuration thats running on the main forums but not the test one.

[johngodley]

Actually, trying the wp.com editor it appears there (along with some others) so I'm guessing it's Jetpack.

[porg]

• Could that also be the root cause for bbPress: emojis causing stray img tags to display #135 ?

[johngodley]

Could that also be the root cause for #135

No. As far as I know that is now fixed.