fix: add paragraph breaks to plaintext output by cossssmin · Pull Request #1955 · maizzle/framework

cossssmin · 2026-11-03T12:43:54Z

Plaintext only had line breaks where the HTML source had them. With html.format off (the default since 6.0.3) the whole thing was one paragraph, and with it on sentences broke at inline tags like .

# before
Hello Jane ‍ You were invited to join Acme. Accept invitation

https://example.com/invite/abc

This link is valid for 7 days. Acme Inc.

# after
Hello Jane

You were invited to join Acme.

Accept invitation

https://example.com/invite/abc

This link is valid for 7 days.

Acme Inc.

createPlaintext now works from the DOM before handing off to string-strip-html:

collapses source whitespace like a browser would (except in <pre>), so the output is the same whether html.format is on or off
blank lines around block-level elements, single line breaks after   and before <li>
removes zero-width spacing characters (&zwj; from Spacer/Hr,  from Button, preheader fillers)

  is kept in the DOM, so plaintext.options like ignoreTags: ['br'] still work. Note that ignored tags are now output in their normalized form (  →  ).

Closes #1941

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Bug Fixes
- Improved HTML-to-plaintext formatting with clearer separation between block elements, line breaks, and list items.
- Normalized whitespace and removed invisible spacing characters while preserving line breaks in preformatted content.
- Ensured formatted and minified HTML produce consistent plaintext output.

Plaintext only had line breaks where the HTML source had them, so with `html.format` off (the default since 6.0.3) it was a single paragraph, and with it on, sentences broke at inline tags. Whitespace is now collapsed like a browser would and line breaks are added from the DOM: blank lines around block-level elements, single line breaks for ` ` and list items. Zero-width spacing characters (Spacer, Hr, MSO button padding) are removed. Closes #1941 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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createPlaintext now parses HTML, adds line breaks around selected elements, and normalizes whitespace before returning the stripped text. Tests cover block separation,   and list breaks, formatted and minified HTML, preserved <pre> line breaks, and removal of zero-width spacing characters.

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Format and validate plaintext output `src/plaintext.ts`, `src/tests/plaintext.test.ts`	The conversion parses HTML and adds line breaks around selected elements. It collapses whitespace outside preserved-content tags, strips HTML, removes invisible characters, and normalizes the result. Tests specify the expected output for these changes.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 84678

Plaintext output can lose preformatted spacing and alter joined emoji or Persian text. These localized output regressions warrant correction or explicit acceptance before merging.

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Out of Scope Changes check		All changes in src/plaintext.ts and src/tests/plaintext.test.ts map to the `#1941` objectives: DOM-based whitespace collapse, block and br/li line breaks, invisible-character removal, and post-processin…
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The title "fix: add paragraph breaks to plaintext output" matches the main change. The PR makes createPlaintext insert blank lines around block-level elements, which is the paragraph-break behavior the title names. The title is concise and specific, and it follows a conventional commit prefix. The title does not mention the other changes, such as whitespace collapsing, zero-width character removal, or the DOM-first processing, but the title does not need to cover every detail.

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Issue #1941 requires (1) paragraph breaks in plaintext when html.format is off, (2) no sentence breaks at inline tags when html.format is on, and (3) removal or exclusion of zero-width spacing characters from Spacer/Hr output. Evidence at head, src/plaintext.ts: addLineBreaks() collapses source whitespace outside pre/textarea/script/style and wraps BLOCK_TAGS (p, h1-h6, div, table, tr, td, ul, ol, hr, etc.) with '\n\n'. Inline tags such as receive no added breaks, so formatting no longer changes the output. br adds '\n' and li is preceded by '\n'. INVISIBLE_CHARS removes &zwj; (U+200D), U+200B, U+2060, U+FEFF and related characters. Tests in src/tests/plaintext.test.ts cover block separation, br/li breaks, equal output for minified and formatted HTML, <pre> preservation, and removal of &zwj; and &#8203;. The test suite was not executed during this review. The issue's second-part concern (serve.ts preview and test-send not passing plaintext.options) is not addressed in this PR and is not stated as an objective of this PR, so it is not assessed as a requirement here. The default createPlaintext output now has paragraph breaks regardless of options, so the dev-server preview also benefits from the default behavior.

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All changes in src/plaintext.ts and src/tests/plaintext.test.ts map to the #1941 objectives: DOM-based whitespace collapse, block and br/li line breaks, invisible-character removal, and post-processing (trim spaces before newlines, limit to two newlines, trim). The parse/serialize import from ./utils/ast/index.ts exists at head. The test change from ' ' to ' ' documents the normalized-output behavior described in the PR. serve.ts and buildTemplate.ts are not modified. One broader choice to note: INVISIBLE_CHARS also removes U+00AD (soft hyphen), U+034F (combining grapheme joiner), and U+2060/U+FEFF, which go beyond the zero-width spacing characters named in #1941. This is consistent with the stated 'invisible filler characters' goal and is not an unrelated change. No test covers soft-hyphen removal.

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+  it('keeps line breaks in <pre>', () => {
+    expect(createPlaintext('<pre>a\nb</pre>')).toBe('a\nb')
+  })


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sed -n '1,180p' src/plaintext.ts sed -n '1,180p' src/utils/ast.ts sed -n '1,140p' src/tests/plaintext.test.ts rg -n 'string-strip-html|domhandler|htmlparser' package.json git show b6039de096ac458f74130460942f48662b13ac48:src/plaintext.ts

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Keep <pre> indentation and blank lines through the final cleanup.

The output cleanup at src/plaintext.ts:62-65 runs trim(), .replace(/[ \t]+\n/g, '\n'), and .replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n') on the whole string. These steps change <pre> content:

trim() removes the leading spaces of a <pre> line when that line starts the output.

\n{3,} reduces runs of blank lines inside <pre> to one blank line.

[ \t]+\n removes trailing spaces on <pre> lines.

Apply these three steps only to text outside <pre>. The existing test at src/tests/plaintext.test.ts:57-59 covers only 'a\nb', so it does not detect these losses. Add an assertion for indentation and repeated blank lines:

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--- "a/src/tests/plaintext.test.ts" +++ "b/src/tests/plaintext.test.ts" @@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ expect(createPlaintext(minified)).toBe('Hello Jane,\n\nWelcome!') }) it('keeps line breaks in <pre>', () => { expect(createPlaintext('<pre>a\nb</pre>')).toBe('a\nb') + expect(createPlaintext('<pre> first\n\n\n second</pre>')).toBe(' first\n\n\n second') }) it('removes zero-width spacing characters', () => { const result = createPlaintext('Hello<div role="separator">&zwj;</div>World')

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it('keeps line breaks in <pre>', () => {

expect(createPlaintext('<pre>a\nb</pre>')).toBe('a\nb')

})

it('keeps line breaks in <pre>', () => {

expect(createPlaintext('<pre>a\nb</pre>')).toBe('a\nb')

expect(createPlaintext('<pre> first\n\n\n second</pre>')).toBe(' first\n\n\n second')

})

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Removing joiners from the whole output broke emoji sequences and scripts that rely on ZWJ/ZWNJ. Now only text that holds nothing but filler characters (the `&zwj;` in Spacer/Hr) is dropped. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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