In my source code I sometimes I use special opening and closing tags like:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Lipsum</td>
</tr>
{hidden_second_column}
<tr>
<td>Dolor</td>
</tr>
{/hidden_second_column}
</table>
The problem is, when I switch from the HTML code to the editor, the code turns into:
{hidden_second_column}{/hidden_second_column}
<table>
<tr>
<td>Lipsum</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dolor</td>
</tr>
</table>
What can I do to prevent CKEditor from formatting the code and just leave as is?
Thank you

By default, CKEditor outputs
By default, CKEditor outputs valid HTML code. If you want to allow custom tags like those above, you need to configure the protectedSource setting.
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