Redundant blank space in the html output for one empty paragraph

[IBM_RQM]

Severity: High

This issue occurs for the empty paragraph.

The steps to reproduce:

1. In the editor input one empty paragraph.
2. Using CKEditor's getData() method to get the html data of the whole text.

Expected Result: The empty paragraph's html code is '<p></p>' Actual Result: There is one redundant blank space in the html code, i.e., '<p>&nbsp;</p>'

[IBM_RQM]

Correct the Expected Result, the empty paragraph's html code is '<p><br/></p>'

[IBM_RQM]

Could I get an update of this defect status. Thanks!

[Jakub Ś]

Correct the Expected Result, the empty paragraph's html code is '<p><br/></p>'

This is how Firefox sees those nodes (the same is with Opera). By default CKEditor fills empty blocks with &nbsp; to render them correctly.

You can change this behavior when using: ​http://docs.cksource.com/ckeditor_api/symbols/CKEDITOR.config.html#.fillEmptyBlocks
That way you will have <p></p> insttead of <p>&nbsp;</p>

You can check this when inserting two empty paragraphs in source mode, switching to wysiwyg and then using getData().

If you are wondering why by default this does not work with one paragraph then check this link: ​http://docs.cksource.com/ckeditor_api/symbols/CKEDITOR.config.html#.ignoreEmptyParagraph