[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17368: Visual editor (TinyMCE) should respect empty html tags with attributes

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#17368: Visual editor (TinyMCE) should respect empty html tags with attributes
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 Reporter:  designsimply  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  TinyMCE       |    Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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 The visual editor (TinyMCE) is no longer respecting empty html tags with
 attributes such as {{{<br class="spacer_" />}}} or padded {{{<p>}}} tags
 like {{{<p>&nbsp;</p>}}}.

 Steps to reproduce:
 1. Open a new post on a !WordPress trunk install.
 2. Add the example code from below.
 3. Switch back and forth between the Visual and HTML editor tabs.
 * Expected: I expect the html in the example code to be preserved, i.e.
 the extra line break and empty paragraph spacing to be respected as long
 as they have attributes.
 * Actual: Padding is being removed when it shouldn't.

 Example code:
 {{{
 <p>We should preserve padded Ps.</p>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <p>And empty html tags with attributes.</p>
 <p class="spacer_"></p>
 <p>one</p>
 <br class="spacer_" />
 <p>two</p>
 <br class="spacer_" />
 <br class="spacer_" />
 <p>three</p>
 <br class="spacer_" />
 <br class="spacer_" />
 <br class="spacer_" />
 <p>stop</p>
 }}}

 Tested with r17848 on Chrome 11 beta and Firefox 4.0.1.

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