[ARCHIVED] Prevent canvas from removing empty div tags

[WillKP]

If I am editing a page's body field (HTML editor) and I add an empty div. For example: 

<div class="write-in-me-later"></div>

Upon save this div is excised from the page, reopening the editor will find it missing. 

Is there any way to prevent this removal behavior. I would like to be able to set up the html structure of a page before all the content is ready. 

Thanks

[nwilson7 · Accepted solution]

@WillKP I don't believe there is a way to prevent Canvas from doing the "clean up" on the HTML.  I have put in "XXX" or lorem ipsum as place holders to hold things in place and to see what it will look like with content.

Hope this helps!

-Nick

[nwilson7 · Accepted solution]

@WillKP I don't believe there is a way to prevent Canvas from doing the "clean up" on the HTML.  I have put in "XXX" or lorem ipsum as place holders to hold things in place and to see what it will look like with content.

Hope this helps!

-Nick

[WillKP]

Thank you for your reply, though I don't consider this to be a solution. If possible I would like to escalate this to "feature request" if there is such a thing. 

Possible solutions. 

1. Don't strip empty HTML tags
2. Allow for any empty div that has a class or id attribute to be kept
3. Provide affordance for special attribute that skips the empty div removal cleanup step. i.e. <div data-keep></div>

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi there, @WillKP ...

In addition to the information that you received from @nwilson7, this document might be of help to you:

Canvas HTML Editor Allowlist PDF

[nwilson7]

@WillKP  Here are some links you may find helpful about creating a feature request.  They are under the "roadmap" area of the community.  I did not see any ideas yet for this in the quick search I did.

• How do idea conversations work in the Instructure Community?
• What is the feature development process for Instructure products?
• How do I create a new idea conversation in the Instructure Community?

-Nick