fix(context): strip hidden special chars on context menu Copy command

packages/common/src/extensions/__tests__/contextMenuExtension.spec.ts

@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ describe('contextMenuExtension', () => {
       it('should call "copyToClipboard" and get the value even when there is a "queryFieldNameGetterFn" callback defined with dot notation the command triggered is "copy"', () => {
         const copyGridOptionsMock = { ...gridOptionsMock, enableExcelExport: false, enableTextExport: false, contextMenu: { hideCopyCellValueCommand: false } } as GridOption;
         const columnMock = { id: 'firstName', name: 'First Name', field: 'firstName', queryFieldNameGetterFn: () => 'lastName' } as Column;
-        const dataContextMock = { id: 123, firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', age: 50 };
+        const dataContextMock = { id: 123, firstName: '\u034f\u034fJohny', lastName: '\u034f\u034fDoe', age: 50 };
         jest.spyOn(SharedService.prototype, 'gridOptions', 'get').mockReturnValue(copyGridOptionsMock);
         const execSpy = jest.spyOn(window.document, 'execCommand');
         extension.register();
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ describe('contextMenuExtension', () => {
       it('should call "copyToClipboard" and get the value even when there is a "queryFieldNameGetterFn" callback defined with dot notation the command triggered is "copy"', () => {
         const copyGridOptionsMock = { ...gridOptionsMock, enableExcelExport: false, enableTextExport: false, contextMenu: { hideCopyCellValueCommand: false } } as GridOption;
         const columnMock = { id: 'firstName', name: 'First Name', field: 'firstName', queryFieldNameGetterFn: () => 'user.lastName' } as Column;
-        const dataContextMock = { id: 123, user: { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', age: 50 } };
+        const dataContextMock = { id: 123, user: { firstName: 'John', lastName: '·\u034f ⮞   Doe', age: 50 } };
         jest.spyOn(SharedService.prototype, 'gridOptions', 'get').mockReturnValue(copyGridOptionsMock);
         const execSpy = jest.spyOn(window.document, 'execCommand');
         extension.register();

packages/common/src/extensions/contextMenuExtension.ts

@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ export class ContextMenuExtension implements Extension {
         }
 
         // remove any unwanted Tree Data/Grouping symbols from the beginning of the string before copying (e.g.: "⮟  Task 21" or "·   Task 2")
-        const finalTextToCopy = textToCopy.replace(/^([·|⮞|⮟]\s*)|([·|⮞|⮟])\s*/g, '');
+        const finalTextToCopy = textToCopy.replace(/^([·|⮞|⮟]\s*)|([·|⮞|⮟])\s*/gi, '').replace(/\u034f/gi, '').trim();
 
         // create fake <textarea> (positioned outside of the screen) to copy into clipboard & delete it from the DOM once we're done
         const tmpElem = document.createElement('textarea') as HTMLTextAreaElement;
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ export class ContextMenuExtension implements Extension {
           tmpElem.value = finalTextToCopy;
           document.body.appendChild(tmpElem);
           tmpElem.select();
-          const success = document.execCommand('copy', false, textToCopy);
+          const success = document.execCommand('copy', false, finalTextToCopy);
           if (success) {
             tmpElem.remove();
           }

packages/common/src/formatters/formatterUtilities.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FieldType } from '../enums/fieldType.enum';
 import { Column, ExcelExportOption, Formatter, GridOption, SlickGrid, TextExportOption } from '../interfaces/index';
-import { mapMomentDateFormatWithFieldType } from '../services/utilities';
+import { mapMomentDateFormatWithFieldType, sanitizeHtmlToText } from '../services/utilities';
 import * as moment_ from 'moment-mini';
 import { multipleFormatter } from './multipleFormatter';
 const moment = (moment_ as any)['default'] || moment_; // patch to fix rollup "moment has no default export" issue, document here https://github.com/rollup/rollup/issues/670
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ export function exportWithFormatterWhenDefined<T = any>(row: number, col: number
     formatter = columnDef.formatter;
   }
 
-  return parseFormatterWhenExist(formatter, row, col, columnDef, dataContext, grid);
+  const output = parseFormatterWhenExist(formatter, row, col, columnDef, dataContext, grid);
+  return exportOptions?.sanitizeDataExport ? sanitizeHtmlToText(output) : output;
 }
 
 /**