TinyMCE is adding new line ("\n") regardless of apply_source_formatting

Question

TinyMCE is adding \n as well as paragraph tags to my text. Regardless of the apply_source_formatting settings value.

ie.

Source Text:

<blockquote><div class="cite">Person said:</div><div class="message"><p>ffgfgf</p></div></blockquote>

What TinyMCE Re-formats it to:

<blockquote>\n<div class=\"cite\">Person said:</div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>ffgfgf</p>\n</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p id=\"mce_1\">&nbsp;</p>

How can I get TimyMCE to stop adding new line characters like this? It really messes with the formatting on the other end when the text is submitted.

Answer 1

Investigating the source code of TinyMce I've found, that in the Writer.js (now Writer.ts) class, the setting that is checked before inserting \n is called indent.

 /**
 * Writes the a end element such as </p>.
 *
 * @method end
 * @param {String} name Name of the element.
 */
end: function(name) {
    var value;

    html.push('</', name, '>');

    if (indent && indentAfter[name] && html.length > 0) {
        value = html[html.length - 1];

        if (value.length > 0 && value !== '\n') {
            html.push('\n');
        }
    }
},

So adding indent: false to the settings object seems to fix it.

tinymce.init({
  selector: 'textarea',  // change this value according to your HTML
  indent: false,
});

I'd still classify this as a rather hackish fix as the indent-setting is not documented anywhere.