Index: CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js
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--- CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js	(revision 6369)
+++ CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js	(revision 6370)
@@ -896,5 +896,21 @@
 		var block;
 		while ( ( block = iterator.getNextParagraph() ) )
-			this.checkElementRemovable( block ) && removeFromElement( this, block, 1 );
+		{
+			if ( this.checkElementRemovable( block ) )
+			{
+				// <pre> get special treatment.
+				if ( block.is( 'pre' ) )
+				{
+					var newBlock = this._.enterMode == CKEDITOR.ENTER_BR ?
+								null : range.document.createElement(
+									this._.enterMode == CKEDITOR.ENTER_P ? 'p' : 'div' );
+
+					newBlock && block.copyAttributes( newBlock );
+					replaceBlock( block, newBlock );
+				}
+				else
+					 removeFromElement( this, block, 1 );
+			}
+		}
 
 		range.moveToBookmark( bookmark );
@@ -906,6 +922,15 @@
 	function replaceBlock( block, newBlock )
 	{
-		var newBlockIsPre	= newBlock.is( 'pre' );
-		var blockIsPre		= block.is( 'pre' );
+		// Block is to be removed, create a temp element to
+		// save contents.
+		var removeBlock = !newBlock;
+		if ( removeBlock )
+		{
+			newBlock = block.getDocument().createElement( 'div' );
+			block.copyAttributes( newBlock );
+		}
+
+		var newBlockIsPre	= newBlock && newBlock.is( 'pre' );
+		var blockIsPre	= block.is( 'pre' );
 
 		var isToPre	= newBlockIsPre && !blockIsPre;
@@ -916,5 +941,6 @@
 		else if ( isFromPre )
 			// Split big <pre> into pieces before start to convert.
-			newBlock = fromPres( splitIntoPres( block ), newBlock );
+			newBlock = fromPres( removeBlock ?
+						[ block.getHtml() ] : splitIntoPres( block ), newBlock );
 		else
 			block.moveChildren( newBlock );
@@ -927,4 +953,6 @@
 			mergePre( newBlock );
 		}
+		else if ( removeBlock )
+			removeNoAttribsElement( newBlock );
 	}
 
@@ -1003,5 +1031,8 @@
 	function fromPres( preHtmls, newBlock )
 	{
-		var docFrag = new CKEDITOR.dom.documentFragment( newBlock.getDocument() );
+		var docFrag;
+		if ( preHtmls.length > 1 )
+			docFrag = new CKEDITOR.dom.documentFragment( newBlock.getDocument() );
+
 		for ( var i = 0 ; i < preHtmls.length ; i++ )
 		{
@@ -1033,9 +1064,15 @@
 					} ) ;
 
-			var newBlockClone = newBlock.clone();
-			newBlockClone.setHtml(  blockHtml );
-			docFrag.append( newBlockClone );
-		}
-		return docFrag;
+			if ( docFrag )
+			{
+				var newBlockClone = newBlock.clone();
+				newBlockClone.setHtml(  blockHtml );
+				docFrag.append( newBlockClone );
+			}
+			else
+				newBlock.setHtml( blockHtml );
+		}
+
+		return docFrag || newBlock;
 	}