Chat - “Paste and Match Style”, “Paste as plain text”, Shift+Option+Cmd+V doesn't remove markdown

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Version Number: 1.4.3.0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: Applause internal team
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Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com or open Desktop App
2. Login with any account
3. Open any chat
4. Copy message with markdown
5. Paste it using “Paste and Match Style”, “Paste as plain text” for Desktop or Shift+Option+Cmd+V for Web

Expected Result:

Copied message pasted with markdown removed

Actual Result:

“Paste and Match Style”, “Paste as plain text”, Shift+Option+Cmd+V doesn't remove markdown

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Bug6289021_1700780332583.Desktop-Paste-Match-Plain-not-Work.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @twisterdotcom (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @francoisl (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[luacmartins]

Probably coming from #31619

[goldendragon430]

Hi

[FitseTLT]

Probably coming from #31619

Yeah, confirmed.
So @robertKozik @flodnv it looks like the simple fix of setting markdown on the plain text of the clipboard doesn't work so I have got two options:

1. To make only PrivateNote (a module) handle code paste by sharing same code used in Compose.
2. Make kind of TextInput module (or update the already exiting one) that handle code paste (html) that will be shared everywhere we use a text input that should have code paste feature.

[flodnv]

Honestly I don't know what's best, maybe for now we just revert that PR

[luacmartins]

Agreed. Revert PR here - #31852

[luacmartins]

We reverted this PR and the issue is no longer reproducible. Closing this issue in favor of the original one - #29806