[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62361: Set filter "activate_tinymce_for_media_description" to "true" is breaking meadia_descripton by running it through "htmlspecialchars()"

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#62361: Set filter "activate_tinymce_for_media_description" to "true"  is breaking
meadia_descripton by running it through "htmlspecialchars()"
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 Reporter:  dagobert24                   |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  defect (bug)                 |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  6.8
Component:  Media                        |     Version:  6.6.2
 Severity:  normal                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion close  |     Focuses:  ui
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * keywords:  has-patch => has-patch 2nd-opinion close


Comment:

 Frankly I think that the change from #60158 should be reverted. It doesn't
 seem a good idea to add support for TinyMCE to the content of attachment
 pages just to have paragraph tags. Seems that missing paragraph tags there
 should be treated as a bug when using the (so called) Text editor,
 `quicktags`. I think this used to work before.

 There are few reasons to remove this:

 - TinyMCE in WordPress is in "deep maintenance" mode meaning it is not
 supported any more except for eventual security fixes.
 - The attachment pages are not used/shown any more. They are disabled for
 by default new(er) installs.

 Also the fact that this bug is being reported several months after this
 functionality was introduced seems to signify there is very little
 interest.

 Thinking this type of functionality is best left for plugins that will
 also ensure attachment pages are used in the theme/at the front-end.
 Without that this is useless.

 Imho instead of fixing this it seems better to revert [58372], make a
 follow-up ticket for #60158 and look at fixing the Text editor to create
 paragraphs.

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