Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
===================================================================
--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 7391)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 7392)
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/5527">#5527</a> : Don't encode "#" sent from the file browser.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/8014">#8014</a> : Autogrow now stretches to fit the content when switching editor modes.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/8249">#8249</a> : Fix inconsistent behavior when backspace key at the start of list item.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js	(revision 7391)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js	(revision 7392)
@@ -386,9 +386,10 @@
 	{
 		// Reject any text node unless it's being bookmark
-		// OR it's spaces. (#3883)
-		return node.type != CKEDITOR.NODE_TEXT
-			    && node.getName() in CKEDITOR.dtd.$removeEmpty
-			    || !CKEDITOR.tools.trim( node.getText() )
-			    || !!node.getParent().data( 'cke-bookmark' );
+		// OR it's spaces.
+		// Reject any element unless it's being invisible empty. (#3883)
+		return node.type == CKEDITOR.NODE_TEXT ?
+			   !CKEDITOR.tools.trim( node.getText() ) ||
+			   !!node.getParent().data( 'cke-bookmark' )
+			   : node.getName() in CKEDITOR.dtd.$removeEmpty;
 	}
 
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/indent/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/indent/plugin.js	(revision 7391)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/indent/plugin.js	(revision 7392)
@@ -426,4 +426,23 @@
 				}
 			});
+
+			editor.on( 'key', function( evt )
+			{
+				// Backspace at the beginning of  list item should outdent it.
+				if ( editor.mode == 'wysiwyg' && evt.data.keyCode == 8 )
+				{
+					var sel = editor.getSelection(),
+						range = sel.getRanges()[ 0 ],
+						li;
+
+					if ( range.collapsed &&
+						 ( li = range.startContainer.getAscendant( 'li', 1 ) ) &&
+						 range.checkBoundaryOfElement( li, CKEDITOR.START ) )
+					{
+						editor.execCommand( 'outdent' );
+						evt.cancel();
+					}
+				}
+			});
 		},