Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5226)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5227)
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4910">#4910</a> : Pasting in IE scrolls document to the end.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5041">#5041</a> : Table summary attribute can't be removed with dialog.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5124">#5124</a> : All inline styles cannot be set separately for empty spaces.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js	(revision 5226)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js	(revision 5227)
@@ -351,8 +351,4 @@
 		var styleRange;
 
-		// Indicates that that some useful inline content has been found, so
-		// the style should be applied.
-		var hasContents;
-
 		while ( currentNode )
 		{
@@ -425,6 +421,4 @@
 								applyStyle = true;
 
-							if ( !hasContents )
-								hasContents = ( nodeType != CKEDITOR.NODE_TEXT || (/[^\s\ufeff]/).test( currentNode.getText() ) );
 						}
 					}
@@ -440,5 +434,5 @@
 
 			// Apply the style if we have something to which apply it.
-			if ( applyStyle && hasContents && styleRange && !styleRange.collapsed )
+			if ( applyStyle && styleRange && !styleRange.collapsed )
 			{
 				// Build the style element, based on the style object definition.