Empty paragraphs are being removed

[nchanged]

Describe the bug Empty paragraphs are being removed, Which is sometimes crucial for the formatting of the text.

To Reproduce

Load the following content

<p class="bn-inline-content">asdfasdf</p><p class="bn-inline-content">asd</p><p class="bn-inline-content">f</p><p class="bn-inline-content">asdf</p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p><p class="bn-inline-content"></p>

Will result in not preserving the empty lines

Is there a hidden option or something? Thanks!

[aespinoza96]

Did you try by adding like a blank space? I know it is not the optimal solution but it might be a workaround

[nchanged]

that doesn't sound a look a good idea. The formatting will be inconsistent when loading new docs, or if the user just inserts a new line 2 times.

[meteorSD]

Found a workaround using turndown lib :

const turndownService = new TurndownService({
  blankReplacement: () => {
    return ' ';
  },
});
const html = await editor.blocksToFullHTML(editor.document);
const markdown = turndownService.turndown(html);

[elitan]

@meteorSD do you have a more complete example. I'm not sure I understand how to use the lib for this use case.

Ideally i want BlockNote to take markdown as input, and mardown as output (in the onChange handler).

Would be great if you could help out here 🙏

[dh4bu]

problem still persists