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Rich Text Editor adds extra paragraph tags
SA-14041
Summary
When saving text in a rich text editor control, extra paragraph tags are added which causes unexpected line breaks to be rendered.
Error Messages
Not applicable.
Steps to Reproduce
Use Rich Text Editor control in a section and place some text and hit carriage return between two paragraphs (two lines) to add a new line with some text .
Root Cause
The functionality is working as expected.
Resolution
Here’s the explanation for the reported behavior:
The default behavior for the out of the box Rich Text Editor (RTE) is to insert paragraph tags (<p> and </p>) every time a new line is entered.
This behavior can be overridden in the cell properties for the RTE by checking the option for "Use Line-break for new line..." option:
This will cause the use of <br /> tags instead.
Published September 11, 2015 - Updated October 8, 2020
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