FF: <br> tag added to each table cell when a table is created

[Teresa Monahan]

To Reproduce:
Open any CKEditor sample in FF and insert a table.
Inspect the table that was created using Firebug.
Problem: Each cells contains a <br> tag.

When you enter text in one of the cells and then switch to Source view and back to wysiwyg mode, the <br> tag is no longer present in that cell.

Is there a reason for adding these <br> tags in FF?

[Jakub Ś]

We fill tables with empty br's.

Take a look at: _source\plugins\table\dialogs\table.js:

if ( !CKEDITOR.env.ie )
	cell.append( makeElement( 'br' ) );

This is because nonIE browsers have problems with displaying empty table cells. It can be best observed in Firefox Firebug and Opera Dragonfly.

Take a look at 8592.png and see what happens when you delete those br nodes. What is more when you click inside such empty cell Firefox adds its own br inside (<br type="_moz">)

Please reopen this issue if you don't agree with my opinion.