Forum:Glitch replaces whitespaces when editing

Hi. On the Bleach wiki for some time now, we have been experiencing a strange glitch. This glitch replaces normal whitespaces with this string of characters "& n b s p ;" (minus the spaces). I had to add the spaces to it, because it was showing up as a whitespace when I previewed what I just wrote. It typically seems to appear when someone edits a page using the Rich Text editor. Does anyone else have this problem? --Yyp 23:05, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

FYI:  is special HTML code for a "non breaking space" It can be extremely useful to use (especially in tables of numbers) for any situation where white space is wanted with no possibility of a line break at that white space.

Having said that, I am not familiar with the RTE or the glitch described above. --najevi 23:25, October 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * It's a very common bug with the RTE. -- Porter21 (talk) 11:51, October 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's a known issue. The issue is: when users type shift+space, this is what appears, or when users type multiple spaces. We can't remove &amp;nbsp; that already exist, because they are used for some valid design issues. However, I'm still hoping we find a way to resolve it - the shift+space issue is really the heart of the problem. 15:53, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your replies. Knowing about the shift+space thing will hopefully help cut down on this issue. And thanks also to 'najevi. I figured it was something to do with coding, but it is good to know what exactly it is. Thanks --Yyp 14:08, October 28, 2009 (UTC)