How can the <br> problem be properly solved!?

Just change the top- and bottom-margins of p in the stylesheet to 0 and parse the html when posted and change <p> to <br> and </p> to nothing, or maybe something else.... whatever you like.

So, with this 'solution', enter doesn't put in a <br> tag but it behaves the same way, and that's what you want, right?

In ASP, I also explicitly replace the binary vbcrlf character with <br>. That way, line breaks in a text area field are converted to <br> tags.

Ex:

documentCode = Replace(documentCode, vbcrlf, "<BR>")

Well should we look into allowing the end user configure the ENTER button behavior? I think 99% of users will want Microsoft Word like behavior (single return) while only 1% will want HTML WYSIWYG Editor behavior (a <p> tag).

Has anyone looked into capturing the keystroke and explictly inserting a <br>?

I am sure there has to be some issue with this or someone would have done it already.

Also like I said I think we could adda toolbar button or option to make enter either a single or double return. What do you think?

I apparently misunderstood the original posting. I thought he was referring to the binary line break characters (vbcrlf or \n) that are passed on submit.

The reality is that end user CAN control the <br> vs the <p> characters within the editor.

Shift + Enter = Line Break <br>
Shift = Paragraph <p>

You could simply add a little help icon that explains this to end users. I think it would be overkill to code a configuration setting for the Enter key.

Humm I don't know about it being overkill. I think that this issue (<BR> vs. <P>) and the Microsoft Office 2000 Active Installer issue are the most talked about issues with this editor.

If we could setup the editor so that the web developer can configure the enter key to be a single return (<BR>) rather than a <P> (not using a stylesheet hack) it would be awesome. I know all of my users would like the editor to function like WORD not FRONTPAGE because that is what they are use to.

I agree, I have been using the editor RichTextBox earlier. This had the function ... I could set the tag for the CR. So this way you could decide what is best for you. I think this should be a wish for the next version of the FCKEditor ... The CSS hack is a good idea , but as I use the editor for a CMS solution I would have to edit all my clients css sheets in order to change the editor to FCKEditor. So if someone would find out how to do this it would be greatly appriciated. But the FCKEditor is still the best editor I have ever seen.

Correction:

Shift + Enter = Line Break <br>
Enter = Paragraph <p>

Hello everybody,

Take a look at version 1.3.1 and let me know.

Thanks for you messages,
FredCK

It works nicely. Sadly, paragraphs really are neccessary when you want to justify left/centre/right/full. If I understand it right, you can set <p> to look the same as <br> but still retain the <p> behaviour.

When the user presses Enter a normal <p> would be inserted, but the css would make it look like a <br>. No parsing, no keystroke capture, and each line would be its own paragraph. that would be what Word does, no? Course, it would mean putting this new <p> in your css pages throughout your site.

Can anyone clarify? I reckon this is the best solution.