[MC-297501] Can't use § color codes in Book and Quill and preexisting formatted text misbehaves in unsigned books

Reproduction steps:

Copy “§2This should be green”
Open 25w18a and enter a world
Use Book and Quill item
Paste text onto page

Expected result:

The page should read, “This should be green” in green text

Actual result:

The page reads, “2This should be green” in black text.
The “§” symbol cannot be pasted into a Book and Quill
If a passage was written in a previous version and used “§” to color or format the text, the selection cursor will convert the text to the default plain black text as if the “§” wasn’t there. (See attached pictures!!)

Linked issues

relates to

MC-257181 Section sign formatting codes (§) can be inserted into signs and book and quills

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BugTracker 2025-05-05T17:10:08Z

Duplicates MC-1572 🙂

Andrea Monnastes 2025-05-06T00:13:54Z

@BugTracker MC - 1572 describes the ability to paste the symbol into a Book and Quill, but not type it in directly. My report, MC - 297501, describes the inability to paste the symbol into a Book and Quill as well as other aberrant behavior when the cursor blinks over already formatted text and when next to where the symbol is located. I should like to hope that a human will notice the distinction. 😟

You can infer from the screenshots, that previous to 25w18a, I was able to use the feature as intended. I imagine the new bugs reported about signs will be related to this one somehow.

Anyways, thanks for your time, whoever reads this. I’ve been very fond of using this feature lately and appreciate its inevitable return~ 😄

apple502j 2025-05-06T08:48:01Z

Relates to MC-257181

Andrea Monnastes 2025-05-07T04:23:26Z

@apple502j Oh, wow. I had no idea. Are we not supposed to be able to use formatted/colored text inside our books? That stinks, but if there’s a good reason why not I could accept that. Where are we supposed to be able to use them? thx

[Mojang] Triage Team 2025-05-23T07:21:53Z

Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Working as Intended.

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