line breaks don't work properly

[marcvangend]

When I try to enter a line break <br /> by pressing shift-enter, the cursor moves a little to the right. There is no new line created.

When I enter a space after that, the new line is created, containing the space. Pressing backspace remove the space and the new line.

Next, when I press shift-enter again, the new line comes back immediately. However the padding between the current paragraph and the next paragraph disappears.

(tested in IE 6.0.2800)

[jf.hovinne]

Confirmed - tricky IE designMode issue. Needs more review.

[dor]

It seems that the bug occurs in every element that has a CSS background declaration, of any kind. Which means that even the following background declaration:

elem { background:none; }

triggers the bug in IE6.

If the background declaration is removed from an element, the bug wouldn't be triggered.

If you make IE6 to treat the element is if it "hasLayout" (via CSS), then the bug wouldn't be triggered despite any background declaration.

I tried to find a solution but couldn't find.

[dor]

Replying to dor:

If you make IE6 to treat the element is if it "hasLayout"

instead: "element is if it" it should be: "element as if it"

sorry I can't edit...

[donrl]

Dor's comment about CSS backgrounds is true in IE7 and IE8 as well.