You need to set ckeditor configuration setting
config.enterMode
to proper value
(1) The default creates a paragraph element each time the "enter" key is pressed:
config.enterMode = CKEDITOR.ENTER_P; // inserts <p></p>
(2) You can choose to create a "div" element instead of a paragraph:
config.enterMode = CKEDITOR.ENTER_DIV; // inserts <div></div>
The setting that you are looking for * (3) If you prefer to not wrap the text in anything, you can choose to insert a line break tag:
config.enterMode = CKEDITOR.ENTER_BR; // inserts
The setting that you are looking for *
(3) If you prefer to not wrap the text in anything, you can choose to insert a line break tag:
config.enterMode = CKEDITOR.ENTER_BR; // inserts <br />
The application developer indicates that using the ENTER_BR setting is not recommended. http://docs.cksource.com/ckeditor_api/symbols/CKEDITOR.config.html#.enterMode
There are three more settings that are somewhat related to this subject:
config.fillEmptyBlocks
config.forceEnterMode
config.ignoreEmptyParagraph
A complete list of the available configuration options can be found here: http://docs.cksource.com/ckeditor_api/symbols/CKEDITOR.config.html