Help! TinyMCE is reformatting my code!

Question

when i edit the HTML source from:

<div />

the result is always something like:

<div></div>

i don't want that.. it should leave my code alone ;)

here is the config:

tinyMCE.init({ // General options mode : "textareas", theme: "advanced", element_format : "xhtml", remove_linebreaks: false, remove_redundant_brs: false, cleanup_on_startup : false, cleanup: false, // cleanup: true -> custom_elemts are not working... verify_html : false, forced_root_block: false, apply_source_formatting: false, fix_nesting: false, fix_table_elements: false, fix_list_elements : false, fix_content_duplication : false, preformatted : false, extended_valid_elements: "pbo:*[*]", });

any ideas?

The stuff mentioned above is just an example.. this happens to all the other elements too... with the element_format = xhtml TinyMCE produces strange behaviours... — David
– David, Commented Oct 20, 2009 at 7:22

rfunduk · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-19 12:08:23Z

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You're specifying the format as xhtml and divs cannot be self-closing -- that's why it's fixing it for you. If you want it to be exactly as you say then you'll need to change the element_format property.

answered Oct 19, 2009 at 12:08

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Tim Down Over a year ago

<div /> is valid in XHTML. You shouldn't use it because it messes up in IE.

rfunduk Over a year ago

@Tim: [citation needed] :), <div /> is definitely valid XML, but everything I've ever come across says divs are not self-closing elements. script is another good example. I could be wrong on this, for sure. However, as you pointed, out IE explodes when given self-closing divs, so the answer still remains -- stay away :)

Tim Down · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-19 12:42:13Z

You really really don't want <div /> tags. They are not valid HTML (and IE always parses documents as HTML) and will break DOM traversal methods in IE.

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