[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38294: Visual editor hangs in Chrome and Firefox when a sequence of no-break spaces follows a paragraph

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#38294: Visual editor hangs in Chrome and Firefox when a sequence of no-break
spaces follows a paragraph
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 Reporter:  greatislander  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  TinyMCE        |     Version:  4.6.1
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 4.7


Comment:

 Still seems to be caused by "run away" backtracking in the regex that
 removes empty spaces from empty paragraphs, see #35890.

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