One of the very common questions customers ask is "Why does EditLive insert an empty paragraph tag with non-breaking space (  or  ) in code view?".  This article addresses the reasons behind this behavior of EditLive!. 

When

1. When you first load EditLive! without any content in its body
2. Pressing "Enter" key in the design view of EditLive!

Why

1. EditLive! assumes user will start typing after the initial load and prepares the editor by placing an empty paragraph at the start of the empty document. This provides a place in the document to actually position the caret and allow the user to start entering text. If the user chooses to insert a heading tag instead of a normal paragraph, EditLive! simply replaces the paragraph with the relevant heading.
2. Most browsers ignore empty paragraph tags, so to ensure the page displays as the user intended, a non-breaking space is inserted into empty paragraphs.