[Dev UI] Convert multi-line strings to JSON-escaped quotes when pasting into input box

[mbleigh]

It would be really handy for the input editor if, when you paste a multiline string, it automatically converted it to a JSON string. So i paste:

hello world
i am not "valid JSON" per se

and it turns it into

"hello world\ni am not \"valid JSON\" per se"

I asked an AI to built a proof of concept: 🙂 https://codepen.io/mbleigh/pen/GRbmvrG

[MichaelDoyle]

@hritan you worked on a similar issue, on large strings in the input editor. Did your changes capture this case as well?

[hritan]

@hritan you worked on a similar issue, on large strings in the input editor. Did your changes capture this case as well?

Yes, but there is a catch. The input that we get from the editor in the component is already JSON stringified so manipulating that is a challenge, cz we have to first parse it and it throws error parsing an invalid JSON.

So, if someone enters:

hello world 
i am not valid JSON per se

this will work

But the following might not work:

hello world
i am not "valid JSON" per se

[mjchristy]

Do we want to do anything to support this use case or are we good to close this request?