Dealing with line Breaks on contentEditable DIV

Question

I have a problem with contenteditable line breaks on SAFARI/CHROME. When I press \"return\" on a contentEditable

, instead of creating a

Answer 1

Listening to keystrokes seems like a lot of work. Would something as simple as this be feasible:

var html = $('.content').html().replace(/
/gi,'
').replace(/<\/div>/gi,'');

JSFiddle demo here.

Also, it looks like sanitize.js allows a custom configuration. Have you tried adding div as an allowed element?

Allowing HTML/CSS is dangerous, so ensure you are being extra cautious.

EDIT: Removed server side comments. Sanitising occurs at time of usage- if the client wants to bypass this locally it can be done so at their own risk. Thanks Vincent McNabb for pointing this out.