[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26842: Contenteditable, multiple spaces, &nbsp, and U+00A0

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#26842: Contenteditable, multiple spaces, &nbsp, and U+00A0
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 Reporter:  azaozz            |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  TinyMCE           |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by y0uri):

 Replying to [comment:33 galbaras]:
 > Replying to [comment:31 y0uri]:
 > > I agree, just so long as you mean the filter to be manually
 implemented when needed (functions.php or plugin), not in core WP. Nbsp's
 are rarely a real problem, which this filter can take care of, and they
 are used plenty on purpose. As @afraithe mentions, you can't know if it
 was intended or not.
 > >
 > > Looks like the browsers that are causing this issue need to be fixed
 (not holding my breath).
 >
 > It's not a "real problem". What's the harm in an extra white space,
 after all.
 You'd think so, but the randomly appearing nbsp's were a real problem for
 a client. As far as I can tell, it goes like this: They have a WooCommerce
 product feed to an aggregator which I guess moderates product descriptions
 (post content). Then when my client edited e.g. product prices, nbsp's
 would appear in the descriptions and those products would in the next feed
 update appear in the aggregator's moderation queue again, without there
 being any "real" changes. They didn't like that. I'd rather have the
 aggregator change their code to regex replace nbsp's w/ regular spaces,
 makes sense to me for their use, but they made it my problem. The
 aforementioned filter fixed it, looks like.

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