RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX

Caution
Since Q1 2011 the NewLineBr property is obsolete and the new NewLineMode property should be used instead.

DESCRIPTION

Here is some general info on how the browser works with <br /> and <p> tags.

Carriage returns (when pressing Enter) are not significant when it comes to HTML. It doesn't matter what is the amount of whitespace in the HTML code - it is automatically converted to a single space when your HTML document is displayed in a browser. For an example, if you put in your HTML file the following text:

Introducing Telerik RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX.     Improved user experience.            Enhanced cross-browser support.

In the browser it will be displayed as a single line (empty spaces and carriage returns are being converted to a single whitespace):

Introducing Telerik RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX. Improved user experience. Enhanced cross-browser support.

If you wish to enter line breaks, e.g. you want your text to be displayed on two or more lines, but not to start a new paragraph, you should use a <br /> tag. For an example:

Introducing Telerik RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX.<br />Improved user experience.<br />Enhanced cross-browser support.

is displayed in the browser as:

Introducing Telerik RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX.
Improved user experience.
Enhanced cross-browser support.

Note
Note that the <br /> tag is an empty tag and has no closing tag.

If you want to start a new paragraph, you should use the <p> (paragraph) tag. In HTML, this means automatically adding an extra blank line before and after a paragraph. e.g.:

<p>Introducing Telerik RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX.</p><p>Improved user experience.</p><p>Enhanced cross-browser support.</p>

is displayed as:

Introducing Telerik RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX.

Improved user experience.

Enhanced cross-browser support.

Caution
In a nutshell, if you want to end a line, but don't want to start a new paragraph, use <br /> tag. If you wish to start a new paragraph - you use the <p> tag.

SOLUTION

Telerik RadEditor's NewLineMode property specifies whether the editor should insert a new line (<br /> tag), a new paragraph (<p> tag) or a div (<div> tag) when the Enter key is pressed. The default value is "Br" (<br /> tag) in order to closely reflect the behavior of desktop word-processors. In this case you can insert paragraph tags by pressing Ctrl+M or the New Paragraph button.

If you set the NewLineMode property to P, a paragraph tag will be entered on every carriage return (pressing Enter). Here, pressing Shift+Enter will insert a <br /> tag.

The last available option of the NewLineMode property is Div which will insert a div (<div> tag) on every carriage return (pressing Enter). In order to insert a <br /> tag in this mode press Shift+Enter .