Index: typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/htmlarea-gecko.js
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--- typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/htmlarea-gecko.js	(révision 6418)
+++ typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/htmlarea-gecko.js	(copie de travail)
@@ -701,7 +701,16 @@
 				// Remove any anchor created empty
 			if (p.previousSibling) {
 				var a = p.previousSibling.lastChild;
-				if (a && /^a$/i.test(a.nodeName) && !/\S/.test(a.innerHTML)) HTMLArea.removeFromParent(a);
+				if (a && /^a$/i.test(a.nodeName) && !/\S/.test(a.innerHTML)) {
+					if (HTMLArea.is_opera) {
+						this.removeMarkup(a);
+					} else {
+						HTMLArea.removeFromParent(a);
+					}
+				}
+				if (!/\S/.test(p.previousSibling.textContent) && !HTMLArea.is_opera) {
+					p.previousSibling.innerHTML = "<br />";
+				}
 			}
 			if (/^br$/i.test(p.nodeName)) {
 				p = p.parentNode.insertBefore(this._doc.createTextNode("\x20"), p);