Index: /FCKeditor/trunk/_whatsnew.html
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--- /FCKeditor/trunk/_whatsnew.html	(revision 251)
+++ /FCKeditor/trunk/_whatsnew.html	(revision 252)
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@
 			was being lost for images or comments only HTML inserted directly in the editor
 			source or loaded in the editor.</li>
+		<li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/338">#338</a>] Creating links in
+			lines separated by &lt;br&gt; in IE can lead to a merge of the links.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
Index: /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_ie.js
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--- /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_ie.js	(revision 251)
+++ /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_ie.js	(revision 252)
@@ -394,4 +394,15 @@
 				oLink.href = url ;
 				oLink.innerHTML = sInnerHtml ;		// Restore the innerHTML.
+
+				// If the last child is a <br> move it outside the link or it will be too easy to select this link again #338
+				if (oLink.lastChild.nodeName == 'BR' )
+				{
+					// We move the br as a sibling after the link:
+					var oBR = oLink.lastChild ;
+					oLink.removeChild( oBR ) ;
+					// There's no insertAfter, so we insert before the next sibling
+					oLink.parentNode.insertBefore( oBR, oLink.nextSibling  );
+				}
+
 				return oLink ;
 			}