Can't remove empty paragraph first in document that's followed by a table

[merixzon]

It does not appear to be possible to remove an empty paragraph in the beginning of a document, which is followed by a table.

To reproduce:

1. Switch to source mode and insert the following code:

   <p>&nbsp;</p>
   <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px; ">
     <tbody>
      <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
   <p>&nbsp;</p>
   

2. Switch back to wysiwyg. Now there's an empty paragraph at the top which can't be removed in the wysiwyg mode, as far as I can tell. Can't get rid of it using delete or backspace.

(this also applies to header tags. If you start the document with "<h1>Hello</h1>" instead, you can remove the text in wysiwyg, but you'll be left with "<h1>&nbsp;</h1>".

Tested with Firefox 3.6.13 and Chrome 9 on Linux, and have heard similar reports from Chrome/Windows users.

[Krzysztof Studnik]

Confirmed since CKE v3.0
Empty paragraph in WYSIWYG mode could be visually selected and removed

• set caret in empty paragraph
• select paragraph using SHIFT+right cursor key
• press Delete on keyboard

As a result, paragraph is "deleted", but after switching into source mode, it is still there.

[Garry Yao]

Expired on trunk.

[Satya Minnekanti]

Replying to garry.yao:

Expired on trunk.

@garry.yao i could still reproduce this issue on all IE(6,7,8&9) & safari. It's not possible to delete the empty paragraph using delete or backspace