Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5566)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5567)
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5772">#5772</a> : List style dialog is missing tab page ids.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5782">#5782</a> : [FF] Wysiwyg mode is broken by 'display' style changes on editor's parent DOM tree.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5801">#5801</a> : [IE] contentEditable="false" doesn't apply in effect on inline-elements.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/wysiwygarea/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/wysiwygarea/plugin.js	(revision 5566)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/wysiwygarea/plugin.js	(revision 5567)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-/*
+/*
 Copyright (c) 2003-2010, CKSource - Frederico Knabben. All rights reserved.
 For licensing, see LICENSE.html or http://ckeditor.com/license
@@ -819,6 +819,13 @@
 			// IE8 stricts mode doesn't have 'contentEditable' in effect
 			// on element unless it has layout. (#5562)
-			if ( CKEDITOR.env.ie8 )
+			if ( CKEDITOR.env.ie8Compat )
+			{
 				editor.addCss( 'html.CSS1Compat [contenteditable=false]{ min-height:0 !important;}' );
+
+				var selectors = [];
+				for ( var tag in CKEDITOR.dtd.$removeEmpty )
+					selectors.push( 'html.CSS1Compat ' + tag + '[contenteditable=false]' );
+				editor.addCss( selectors.join( ',' ) + '{ display:inline-block;}' );
+			}
 
 			// Switch on design mode for a short while and close it after then.