TipTap: Is it possible to not have an empty P tag at end of content

warren · October 22, 2025, 10:56am

Hello
I am wondering if anyone else has been able to use TipTap where it does not always automatically append an empty P tag to the HTML content in the editor.

I have reported this as an issue on the tracker, but I am not 100% sure if its something Umbraco can help fix or if this comes from TipTap itself.

github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS

TipTap: Unable to remove trailing empty tag

opened 10:42AM - 22 Oct 25 UTC

warrenbuckley

type/bug

### Which Umbraco version are you using? 16.3.0 ### Bug summary Using the Tip…Tap RTE when adding content I am unable to remove the last empty tag that gets added to the content. ### Specifics https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4877a1b4-d4af-4399-98c9-f87f58fc7799 ### Steps to reproduce * Use TipTap on a content node * Add some content such as some simple text followed by a list of items * Try to ensure there is no trailing empty tag ### Expected result / actual result To be able to remove the last empty tag by either using the view source button of the TipTap editor and updating the markup to remove it, or using TipTap directly itself to remove it. ## Why Well an empty tag regardless of having content inside it adds more spacing to designs and content of pages.

Has anyone encountered this or resolved it in anyway?

Thanks,
Warren

mistyn8 · October 22, 2025, 11:28am

Maybe tip-tap list extension..

github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap

packages/extension-list/src/item/list-item.ts

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                  const additionalContent = helpers.parseChildren(remainingTokens)
                  content.push(...additionalContent)
                }
              } else {
                // Fallback: parse all tokens as block elements
                content = helpers.parseChildren(token.tokens)
              }
            }
          }
          
          // Ensure we always have at least an empty paragraph
          if (content.length === 0) {
            content = [
              {
                type: 'paragraph',
                content: [],
              },
            ]
          }
          
          return {

warren · October 22, 2025, 12:00pm

Thanks Mike
Saw your reply on the issue as well.

Will discuss with tester who raised this and triple check it was only with list items.
If so then least we know the cause and then I need to figure out how/what to do.

leekelleher · October 22, 2025, 1:32pm

It’s an Umbraco issue, because we included the Trailing Node extension (from Tiptap). As we noticed during testing that it wasn’t possible in the Tiptap RTE to place the cursor after certain contents, e.g. lists, code blocks, tables.

I agree that it’s annoying to have a trailing empty  at the end of the content, so we’ve made it toggleable for v16.3.0, (untick the “Trailing Node” capability in the data-type configuration).

warren · October 22, 2025, 1:40pm

That’s awesome Lee.
Just tested it out and can confirm it works in 16.3.0 and can then put this change into the solution for the content editors to be happy.

For anyone curious who reads this thread in the future, you can find it here under interactive elements to disable/toggle off.

mistyn8 · October 22, 2025, 2:35pm

So to remove the empty  you have to sacrifice the ux of a WYSIWYG editor..

Would it be better to do upstream in the prop editor convertor? Just thinking about those editors who insist on adding multiple  for spacing purposes

warren · October 22, 2025, 2:56pm

For us and our content editors, I think for us removing/disabling this option is the best for us and I would rather not do anything in a PropertyValueConvertor so the markup they put in, is the markup they get.

So there is no magic voodoo for them.

But perhaps for your editors and team, then this may be the route to go.
Different strokes for different folks and all that

mikeroyle · October 28, 2025, 9:05am

A bit of a hacky approach, but I used css to hide empty p tags:

p:empty {
  display: none;
}

system · November 27, 2025, 9:05am

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