Paragraph formatting in WYSIWYG

• 09-29-2011, 3:33 PM

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  Paul at PEN Joined about 3 years ago Posts 133

  Paragraph formatting in WYSIWYG Could paragraph formatting ( HTML <p> tag) be included in the WYSIWYG editor? Using <br> is awkward for layout and bad coding practice. It could just be an option in the dropdown menu where you choose heading styles - include 'paragraph' under 'normal'.  Any chance? P.S. On this forum, extra line breaks get added into my posts when I submit. I always have to go back  and edit them out. Firefox 7 (and earlier versions).

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• 09-29-2011, 4:06 PM

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  Chief_Apricot Joined about 5 years ago Toronto Posts 4,265	Re: Paragraph formatting in WYSIWYG Paul, can you elaborate, I am not sure what you mean by "paragraph formatting ( HTML <p> tag) be included in the WYSIWYG editor" ? Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot
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• 09-30-2011, 5:31 PM

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  Paul at PEN Joined about 3 years ago Posts 133

  Re: Paragraph formatting in WYSIWYG Sure. Currently, when you hit return in the WYSIWYG window, it just creates a <br> tag. There is no way to create actual paragraphs using the <p> tag, without going into the HTML (which seems like it shouldn't be necessary for a basic formatting function).   So It would be helpful if we could put it in 'paragraph' mode, so that hitting return ends one paragraph and starts a new one. If you use Dreamweaver, you can see this function in the 'Format' menu which allows you to choose None/Paragraph/Heading 1/Heading 2 etc.

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• 10-03-2011, 8:32 AM

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  Chief_Apricot Joined about 5 years ago Toronto Posts 4,265	Re: Paragraph formatting in WYSIWYG You are right, this is very strange, I was quite sure that Enter creates a paragraph! I will consult with our developers and get back to you.  Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot
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• 10-05-2011, 10:02 AM

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  Chief_Apricot Joined about 5 years ago Toronto Posts 4,265

  Re: Paragraph formatting in WYSIWYG Paul,   here's the deal: Our editor relies on each browser built-in editing component for some low-level behavior - and this behavior differs between browser and also whether current line already has a paragraph tag or not. Unfortunately it's not something we can easily change - but we will be investigating options to work around this. In a nutshell, if you already have a paragraph tag in your html code (current line), Enter will create new paragraph and Shift+Enter will create a break. Except for Safari - Shift+Enter will create new paragraph as well. If you do not have a paragraph tag yet, the behavior is event more varied: FF: Enter/Shift+Enter will create <br> Chrome: Enter will create new <div>, Shift+Enter will create <br> IE: Enter will create new paragraph/Shift+Enter will create <br> Safari: Enter/Shift+Enter will create new div We will also consider creating a short help page to document this. In the meantime, as long as your current page has a paragraph tag to start with (add it via HTML for now), you will be able to add new paragraphs via Enter.  Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot

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