Ticket #3819: 3819.patch

_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js

@@ -855 +855 @@
                                 {
                                         var range = ranges[ i ];
                                         var nativeRange = this.document.$.createRange();
-                                        nativeRange.setStart( range.startContainer.$, range.startOffset );
+                                        var startContainer = range.startContainer;
+
+                                        // In FF2, if we have a collapsed range, inside an empty
+                                        // element, we must add something to it otherwise the caret
+                                        // will not be visible.
+                                        if ( range.collapsed &&
+                                                ( CKEDITOR.env.gecko && CKEDITOR.env.version < 10900 ) &&
+                                                startContainer.type == CKEDITOR.NODE_ELEMENT &&
+                                                !startContainer.getChildCount() )
+                                        {
+                                                startContainer.appendText( '' );
+                                        }
+
+                                        nativeRange.setStart( startContainer.$, range.startOffset );
                                         nativeRange.setEnd( range.endContainer.$, range.endOffset );
 
                                         // Select the range.

CHANGES.html

@@ -44 +44 @@
         <p>
                 Fixed issues:</p>
         <ul>
-                <li>&nbsp;</li>
+                <li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3819">#3819</a> : The cursor was not visible
+                        when applying style to collapsed selections in Firefox 2.</li>
         </ul>
         <h3>
                 CKEditor 3.0 RC</h3>