Title: Issue with empty elements in HTML view
Last modified: June 26, 2019

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# Issue with empty elements in HTML view

 *  [thetoolman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetoolman123/)
 * (@thetoolman123)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-empty-elements-in-html-view/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am experiencing an issue when editing in HTML view with empty elements, for
   example:
    <i class=”far fa-comment”></i>
 * It shows after submitting, but if I come out of the page and then go back in 
   and edit in HTML view, the element disappears.
 * Does anyone know how to fix this?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-empty-elements-in-html-view/#post-11674762)
 * Are you saying that it’s not actually in the page content, perhaps added by the
   theme when the page is displayed?
 *  Thread Starter [thetoolman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetoolman123/)
 * (@thetoolman123)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-empty-elements-in-html-view/#post-11675012)
 * It appears on the frontend when published, but when I go back in to edit the 
   page, it is no longer there.

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 * Last reply from: [thetoolman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetoolman123/)
 * Last activity: [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-empty-elements-in-html-view/#post-11675012)
 * Status: not resolved

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