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glide.ui.html.editor.remove_trailing_brs

The glide.ui.html.editor.remove_trailing_brs property determines if empty lines with a <br> tag are converted to a <div>&nbsp;</div> tag in TinyMCE HTML fields. Admins should consider this setting to control how empty lines are rendered in HTML content, affecting visual consistency.

Default: false Type: boolean Application: Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property specifies whether empty lines with a <br> tag are replaced by a <div>&nbsp;</div> tag in TinyMCE HTML fields, influencing the output format of HTML content.
What area does it affect? TinyMCE HTML fields
What does the default mean? The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default.
When should you review it? Review this property when configuring HTML content rendering or addressing formatting issues in TinyMCE.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.ui.html.editor.remove_trailing_brs
Sys ID ad8fbf73c7001010c30a5fa3adc260d5
Type boolean
Application Global
Default value false
Description Specifies whether an empty line containing a <br> tag is converted to a <div>&nbsp;</div> tag for TinyMCE HTML fields. If true, the tag is converted. If false, the tag is left as <br>.
Updated 2024-05-25 03:39:06

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... table glide.ui.html.image.allow_url Enables (true) or disables (false) uploading an image via URL from HTML Fields. • Type: true | false • Default value: false • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table glide.ui.html.editor.remove_trailing_brs © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, Now, and other ServiceNow marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ServiceNow, Inc., in the United States and/or other ...