id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
10325	Prevent removing empty anchors	Roy Shoa		"Hi,
As I understand the CKEditor is removing automatically an empty Anchors.
The problem is that a lot of HTML addons are using empty anchors and they store them in JavaScript after the page is loaded.

e.g. If i like to use AddThis they let me add the next code:

{{{
<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<div class=""addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "">
<a class=""addthis_button_facebook_like"" fb:like:layout=""button_count""></a>
<a class=""addthis_button_tweet""></a>
<a class=""addthis_button_pinterest_pinit""></a>
<a class=""addthis_counter addthis_pill_style""></a>
</div>
}}}

And after I change the display from source to design the CKEditor is removing all the Anchors.

I know that if I will add &nbsp; to the Anchors the CKEditor will not remove them but in my case I am a programmer.
The problem is that we have thousands of customers that working on are Website CMS and we can not explain this problem to any customer for every addon he use.

Anyway I sow at list 3 ticket that open for this problem and CKEditor team is close them by saying that this is how CKEditor works.

Now i am saying that this is how CKEditor not need to continue working if CKEditor like to have a lot of customers.
I do now understand what is the problem to add a property of IgnoreEmptyAnchors and if the programmer like he will turn it on and the problem will be fix.

This is a win win for the programmer and for the CKEditor.

Thanks."	Bug	closed	Normal		General	4.1	invalid