When a new table is created cells default with a &nbsp

[Scozzard]

I'm not sure exactly why but whenever a new table is created in the editor, every cell comes with a "nbsp" inside it by default. Is there a way to easily stop this?

Regards,
Scott

hrm just saw my &nbsp didnt render in the title, imagine that! Can't update though sorry =)

[Rumen]

Hi Scott,

When a table is inserted in RadEditor and the content is saved, IE will not display the empty rows/columns that do not contain any data (even  ).

For this reason and to workaround this browser problem, we programmatically put an empty space (  entity) inside each table cell.

Here is an example demonstrating to strip the blanks from the inserted table elements via the TableWizard and Insert Table dropdown:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function OnClientPasteHtml(sender, args)
    {
        var commandName = args.get_commandName();
        var value = args.get_value();
        //alert(commandName);
        if(commandName == "InsertTable" || commandName == "TableWizard")
        {
            alert("Original content" + value);
            var newContent = value.replace(/&nbsp;/gi, "");
            alert("Modified content: " + newContent);
        }
        args.set_value(newContent);
    }
    </script>
    <telerik:RadEditor runat="server"
        OnClientPasteHtml="OnClientPasteHtml"
        ID="RadEditor1" runat="server">
    </telerik:RadEditor>

You can find more information about the OnClientPasteHtml event here.


Kind regards,
Rumen
the Telerik team

[Scozzard]

Hi,

Thanks for the timely reply - I tried out this hack and it seems to work pretty good. Do you know of any potental unforseen negative consequences of doing this however?

Regards,
Scott

[Rumen]

Hi Scott,

The only negative consequence of   stripping will be that IE will not rendering borders on empty table cells. See this page for more information: IE not rendering borders on empty table cells.

Best regards,
Rumen
the Telerik team