Editing a Web Content article removes all white space from the article

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1 EE SP4 (5.1.7), 5.2 EE SP2 (5.2.6)
• Fix Version/s: 5.1 EE SP5 (5.1.8), 5.2 EE SP3 (5.2.7)
• Component/s: WCM > Web Content Administration
• Labels: None
• Environment: All

When editing a Web Content article (or Journal article in 5.1.7), All white space are stripped from the article, destroying any white space that may be needed (such as in pre/code tags). To correct this bug, white spaces are no longer removed from Web Content / Journal articles.

If white spaces need to be removed from a web content article, please make sure com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.strip.StripFilter is set to true (default) in portal(-ext).properties. StripFilter will remove all white spaces from a page, but skip white spaces in a pre/code tag.