Opened 11 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
#11024 closed Bug (duplicate)
Unwanted   entities should automatically be removed
| Reported by: | sirtet | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | General | Version: | |
| Keywords: | WebKit Blink | Cc: |
Description (last modified by )
There are many ways how unwanted nobreak spaces are created, eg. by typing 2 spaces and then deleting the regular space (50/50 chance), or after removing a word from a sentence, you get 2 connected spaces, of which one will be a no break space.
This can quickly lead to text, that does not fit the container anymore.
In in FCK Editor Version 2.6.4.1 Build 23187 there was a fix for that (deleting one of 2 neighbouring spaces will always remove the entity), see http://ckeditor.com/comment/128598#comment-128598
Re-implementing the old behaviour, would not solve all issues of that kind, but be a big help already.
Besides re-implementing the old behaviour, i'd suggest a filter, that replaces all nbsp's with a element, that shows the presence of the nbsp with a visible placeholder. Not sure if such a thing would be possible.
One could argue this is not a bug but normal browser behaviour, and therefore should be a feature request at best. But since the behaviour is not what most users (content editors) will expect, i strongly think this IS a BUG.
Related to: #9929.
Change History (7)
comment:1 Changed 11 years ago by
comment:2 Changed 10 years ago by
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Keywords: | WebKit Blink added |
| Status: | new → confirmed |
| Version: | 4.2.2 |
Perhaps we'll have to go this way. But first we want to wait, because maybe Google/Apple will fix the bug in Blink/WebKit. More details: http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/9929#comment:15
comment:3 follow-up: 5 Changed 10 years ago by
Well, i am not sure that what i refer to here is related to the browser bug.
I did read in other places, that this is correct browser behaviour: When two consecutive spaces are typed or come together eg. by deleting a word in a sentence, one must be converted into a nbsp, or it could not be rendered.
In such a case, i think CKEditor needs the same logic that FCK 2.6 had...
Can you confirm that 2.6 has such a logic, or is it maybe a plugin, or some other effect?
comment:4 Changed 10 years ago by
I did read in other places, that this is correct browser behaviour: When two consecutive spaces are typed or come together eg. by deleting a word in a sentence, one must be converted into a nbsp, or it could not be rendered.
That is correct: Browsers change consecutive spaces to by default. Blink and Webkit produce " " while IE and FF produce " ".
For such case FCK plugin sounds IMHO very reasonable.
NOTE: There is however problem with deleting spaces which may or may not cause problems if such plugin gets reintroduced. All browsers (except IE) delete and leave ' ' while in IE it is possible to delete ' ' and leave .
It all depends where you have placed cursor before deletion.
To check this just create contenteditable element and open it in browser. Next you have to add/remove spaces. Next you have to find this element in Ie dev-tools and copy its innerHtml. Finally you need to paste this HTML into Notepad (or similar editor).
comment:5 Changed 10 years ago by
Replying to sirtet:
Well, i am not sure that what i refer to here is related to the browser bug.
I did read in other places, that this is correct browser behaviour: When two consecutive spaces are typed or come together eg. by deleting a word in a sentence, one must be converted into a nbsp, or it could not be rendered.
Yes, that's correct. But if browser did only this, then there wouldn't be a problem. But browsers are buggy and sometimes create only characters. That's a problem.
comment:6 Changed 10 years ago by
But if browser did only this, then there wouldn't be a problem.
I disagree...
THIS IS THE PROBLEM: Go to the Demo http://ckeditor.com/demo#standard, add two or more spaces into a word, then delete some until only one is left. Now there are good chances, that you have a nbsp instead of a normal space.
Please, can you comment on how this problem is not showing up in FCK 2.6.4.1, as seen in the GX2 Demo http://www.gambio-shop.de/shop1/Haus---Garten/Garten/Grillen/Classic-22-5-Zoll-One-Touch-Gold-Kohle-Grill.html? (login on top, then back, then edit(Produkt bearbeiten) on the left)
comment:7 Changed 10 years ago by
| Resolution: | → duplicate |
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| Status: | confirmed → closed |
THIS IS THE PROBLEM: Go to the Demo http://ckeditor.com/demo#standard, add two or more spaces into a word, then delete some until only one is left. Now there are good chances, that you have a nbsp instead of a normal space.
When deleting one of two subsequent spaces (nbsp+sp or sp+nbsp), browser should always leave the normal space. This is what's broken. And it's broken in browsers.
I'm closing this ticket in favour of #11035. This one isn't clear for me anymore.
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