How to remove the opening <p> tag

Yes, Please share how to get rid of the opening and closing <p> paragraph tags that are inserted by default.

Find FCKConfig.EnterMode in fckconfig.js

and change settings eg

FCKConfig.EnterMode = 'br' ; // p | div | br
FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p' ; // p | div | br

Tried that, even if I change FCKConfig.EnterMode to what you see below:

FCKConfig.EnterMode = 'br' ;         // p | div | br
FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p' ;   // p | div | br

When I check in my database where the info is stored, the data is still wrapped in <p> and </p> as shown below:
<p>1 more test for today</p>

Any way to make those tags go away???

clorne wrote:Find FCKConfig.EnterMode in fckconfig.js

and change settings eg

FCKConfig.EnterMode = 'br' ; // p | div | br
FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p' ; // p | div | br

Still desperate for an answer. Any time I use FCKEditor, it auomatically adds the <p> and </p> tags around text. How do I turn this off?!?!?
Thanks,
TC~

I'm absolutely sure there's a better way, but I was desperate and in a hurry. I'm brand new to asp, and I'm sure my code is a mess, but it's working for now. The below works where 'data' is the variable passed by FCKEditor to my processing page. I inserted this code before it posted 'data' to the database.

lside = left(data,13)
lside = Replace(lside,"<p>&nbsp;</p>","")
rside = right(data,13)
rside = Replace(rside,"<p>&nbsp;</p>","")
middle = mid(data,14,last)
data=lside&middle&rside

It's ugly, but I hope it helps.

there has got to be a cleaner way. I'm running FCKEditor inside Drupal, and don't want to edit the core distribution of Drupal. Sad that I might have to use TinyMCE.

one thing to note is that if you click the Source button, and wrap the entire code with <div> and </div>, it won't add the <p> or </p>.
Useful if you use FCKeditor with Drupal, but a slight pain none the less.

It would be nice if you could have it use <div> instead of <p> though.

Did you bother to read the previous posts?

Code:

FCKConfig.EnterMode = 'br' ; // p | div | br
FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p' ; // p | div | br

works ! ... but when you change these lines, you have to disable cache in your browser, ... after that it works to me

Instead of disabling cache in your browsers, in IE you can hit CTRL+F5 to reload ignoring cache. This works with script changes but dialog changes require you to delete temporary internet files.

Excellent! This has been a peeve of mine forever. I modified the fckconfig.js file according to the post above. Just rebotting Firefox didn't help so I deleted the cache and it works great! It's like Christmas all over again. (I know, I have to get out more.)

Thanks, Gary

It looks like this fix the problem, but I didn't get a paragraph when i type Shift + Enter, even if i set the value
FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p' ;.

Regarding this linkhttp://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/1853 the problem was fixed, so the solution is to upgrade to the latest version.

Hello,

Let me share with you my own fix which works perfectly for me for CKEditor ver. 3.6.2.

Below file "/ckeditor/config.js" is correct:

CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function( config )
{
   config.enterMode = CKEDITOR.ENTER_BR;
   config.shiftEnterMode = CKEDITOR.ENTER_P;
};

Original file has two mistakes:
1. Both settings 'EnterMode' and 'ShiftEnterMode' should start with lower letter like above (JavaScript is case-sensitive).
2. You cannot set string 'br' or 'p' as enterMode or shiftEnterMode, but you should use integer values (example: config.enterMode = 1), but best practice is to use predefined in "/ckeditor/_source/core/config.js" constants like ENTER_BR and ENTER_P.

I hope it helps you all.

Best regards,
SoftMaker.pl
www.softmaker.pl

You have replied to an old topic about FCKeditor.

The syntax stated in previous posts is the correct one, but of course it will not work if you use CKEditor, in that case you must use the options that you've stated.

Hello alfonsoml,

alfonsoml wrote:You have replied to an old topic about FCKeditor.

Yes, topic is quite old and for FCKeditor, but problem is still unsolved for CKeditor in production version 3.6.2 (why??). While this problem is still current and if I've found nice solution I'd like to share it with others - that's all.

alfonsoml wrote:The syntax stated in previous posts is the correct one, but of course it will not work if you use CKEditor, in that case you must use the options that you've stated.

I have no idea what do you mean by "it will not work if you use CKEditor", because solution I presented is exactly for CKEditor in current newest production version 3.6.2 that I downloaded directly from this website.

Best regards,
SoftMaker.pl
www.softmaker.pl

There are other posts explaining this syntax for CKEditor if you don't like <p>. Personally I don't have any problem with it, so for me it works correctly and using enter mode = <br> would be bad.

And the syntax in previous posts is this one for example:

FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p'

and clearly that won't work with CKEditor.

Again, the previous posts didn't explain anything wrong, it's just that you are trying to apply it to a wrong version. It's like seeing some code in Java and then stating that it's wrong because the correct syntax for C++ is this other one.

Hello again,

alfonsoml wrote:There are other posts explaining this syntax for CKEditor if you don't like <p>. Personally I don't have any problem with it, so for me it works correctly and using enter mode = <br> would be bad.

It's not a problem if I like or not some HTML tags. Also I understand why editor use block tag by itself. That's a good idea. But sometimes programmers wants to have clear code, without additional tags. That's why there is an option to turn it off in config.js. And it should work, but it doesn't. That's why people looks for fix on the internet including myself.

alfonsoml wrote:And the syntax in previous posts is this one for example:

FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p'

and clearly that won't work with CKEditor.
Again, the previous posts didn't explain anything wrong, it's just that you are trying to apply it to a wrong version.
And the syntax in previous posts is this one for example:

FCKConfig.ShiftEnterMode = 'p'

and clearly that won't work with CKEditor.

Yes, it doesn't work with CKEditor in version 3.6.2, but my fix works fine.

alfonsoml wrote:It's like seeing some code in Java and then stating that it's wrong because the correct syntax for C++ is this other one.

I didn't mention about C++/Java syntax, but wrong variable type - string ('p', 'br') instead of integer (1, 2). If it's changed betweeen FCKEditor and CKEditor, I don't know. Also I used predefined (by CKEditor's authors) constants, which is good programming practice, independent of language is used. Hardcoded values are always bad and hard to maintain source code in any programming language. In case of change variable from string to integer, it should be work without any changes in source code - many problems could be avoided.

I think I explained in clear way what is wrong - in my opinion. Also I shared my fix with all others, which it works and this is an answer for problem from subject "How to remove the opening <p> tag". Anyone can try to apply my fix and check it by itself. I hope it helps with CKEditor, just like helped me. That's all.

Best regards,
SoftMaker.pl
www.softmaker.pl