iOS13 Notes app - paste adds extra blank lines

ChrisJ4203 wrote:

I guess I'm confused by that method. If I just want to cut and move peach, why am i copying it. And then if I move it back to the same location I just cut it from, it doesn't make sense.

This was only to show you quickly what is happening; pasted text appears between two empty lines.

I can reproduce behaviour op is having:

1. Create new note: [Title] Test note; [Body] Apple, Peach, Orange, Banana (each fruit in new line)
2. Double tap on Peach; tap "Cut" and remove blank line.
3. Move cursor to the end of "Orange"; hit 'Return' to create empty line between 'Orange' and 'Banana'.
4. Double tap on empty line; tap 'Paste'.

Expected result: Orange | Peach | Banana.

Actual result: Orange | blank line | Peach | blank line | Banana.

I can reproduce it.

Submit feedback to Apple at www.apple.com/feedback if you wish them to change this behaviour.

I guess I'm confused by that method. If I just want to cut and move peach, why am i copying it. And then if I move it back to the same location I just cut it from, it doesn't make sense. However, I will agree that under that scenario, it does put a space before and after peach, and it also adds a space between orange and banana. That behavior does not make sense to me either. Now it appears that I have double-space between each entry. My cut and paste is what I've taught as the normal method of doing it for years. I teach Office and a cut and paste is just that, not copy, cut, and paste. I'm not judging your method, just that my method did not create the extra lines, but when I do as you stated, it not only makes space around Peach, it adds another space after orange, and that wasn't selected to do anything!

1. Copy 'Peach'.
2. Cut 'Peach'.
3. Paste 'Peach' exactly in that empty line between Apple and Orange.

I’m having this same problem trying to text edit in safari and mail

I tried your method, as I stated earlier, and I agreed it did that. I was just stating I didn't understand why to add paste to the mix, but it doesn't matter. It still showed strange behavior.

Let me see if I understand your issue correctly. I just opened a new Note on my iPhone 11 Pro with iOS 13.3.1.

I type the same list that you show. I select and cut peach. When I do, it creates a space where it used to be. To place it between orange and banana, I put the cursor in front of Banana and paste it. Then I would need to hit enter to move banana from beside peach. Am I doing this the same way that you are? Maybe because I'm not using the checklist style of note? I'm trying to help, but it is not acting like you show.

I concur with you that this happens when copy pasting from notes. Here is what I found when copy pasting a paragraphs from the Notes App into Safari (Forums, Text boxes etc).

1. Whenever there is a hard ENTER at the end of a sentence or a word then the pasting process adds another ENTER/RETURN.
2. If you have a list of words (from your example) and you cut/paste to re-arrange then the extra ENTER does NOT happen. I conclude that this because the ENTER code is removed during the Cut process.

This phenomenon does NOT happen when I paste to MS WORD and does NOT happen when pasting in the Messages App.

Maybe this is a Safari only thing (I have not tested this in all possible apps). I have sent feedback to Apple..

Axel F.