Config.fillEmptyBlocks should only apply when outputting data

[Stan]

Original TC:

In CK 4.4.5 everything is fine. After upgrade to 4.4.6 in chrome is problem cursor focus in empty content. Cursor is no-where, no blinking, nothing. I can write content and after that cursor is showing. Problem is in all last versions of Chrome: dev, beta, normal, Canary. Problem is not in FF,IE,O.

Real problem:

See comment:7.

[Piotrek Koszuliński]

Could you describe the steps required to reproduce the problem? We changed fragments of code related to the behaviour described by you, but I can't reproduce the problem. When I focus an empty editor using tab key or by clicking, everything is fine.

[Jakub Ś]

I have also tried it in Chrome on windows 7 but whether I was clicking or focusing editor with Tab key, the cursor was always blinking in content area.

[Stan]

This is problem in config: config.fillEmptyBlocks = false;

[Piotrek Koszuliński]

I don't underastand how it is realted. The fillEmptyBlocks option affect the data (the output of editor), not the HTML inside it.

[Stan]

I dont understand too. Test it. I disabled this option in config and it works as before. I tested on clean source only with this config option. Thats all.

[bunny.hu]

I have a same problem, and yes, remove the "fillEmptyBlocks" is solve this problem, but I need that option so please solve this problem! Anyway another problem (with fillEmptyBlocks=false) when you select the area and no cursor but you start to typing the editor add an unwanted empty line and paragraph like this ( I am typing only the "teszt" word:

<p>teszt</p>

<p></p>

[Piotrek Koszuliński]

I'm shocked, but this bug exists since 4.0 (most likely pre-beta).

TC:

• Set config.fillEmptyBlocks to false.
• Load <p>x</p><p></p><p>y</p> into the editor.

Result:

• Expected: The middle paragraph is visible (has a non-zero hight),
• Actual: The middle paragraph is invisible (because it's totally empty).

This bug is more visible since 4.4.6, because now the empty block isn't filled with a bogus <br> by the fixBlock() function in editable.js. The assumption now is that empty blocks always contain bogus <br>s after data is loaded and that's how irt works when config.fillEmptyBlock is true.

I'm so surprised that I must double check this with someone else. But if I'm right, then we'll fix this is 4.4.7. The expected behaviour for me is that fillEmptyBlocks affects only output data (only getData() and not setData()). That's how it worked in CKEditor 3.x.

[Jakub Ś]

Problem can be reproduced from CKEditor 4.0 (works fine in 4.0 beta and CKE 3.x ). I can't confirm that this issue is specific only to CHrome. With @Reinmar TC I was able to reproduce it in every browser.