Why does joomla insert random <p>&nbsp;</p> ?

[troykristoffer]

I've tried searching the forum for this, but unfortunately it wont allow me to search for "<p>&nbsp;</p>" because the characters are "too common".

For some strange reason, every version of Joomla I've ever worked with inserts random <p>&nbsp;</p> after elements everytime I save the articles etc. (Actually, it seems more like it happens when I OPEN the article for editing than when I save it...)

It's frustrating, because everytime I save the article, I have to go back and remove them and save it again.

Is this a joomla issue or and editor issue? It seems to happen with the editor that comes packaged with Joomla as well as the WYSYWIG editor that I've installed.

[dizzi]

TinyMCE (the default WYSIWYG Editor) is set by default to "P" (<p>) Elements (paragraphs) for new lines. You can change this to line breaks (<br />) by going to: Extensions > Plugin Manager > Editor - TinyMCE > Parameters > New Lines > BR Elements.

[Prowebdesign]

Thanks Dizzy, very useful info, newer knew this!

[dizzi]

Incidentally, even if a WYSIWIG editor is set to insert paragraph elements by default, this can be overridden to insert line breaks (<br />) by holding down the [Shift] key on the keyboard and hitting the [Enter] key.

[Prowebdesign]

Incidentally, even if a WYSIWIG editor is set to insert paragraph elements by default, this can be overridden to insert line breaks (<br />) by holding down the [Shift] key on the keyboard and hitting the [Enter] key.

This was what i usually was using to get along with these mystical breaks, but not so mystical any more