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[Mozilla-jorgk <584632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am having second thoughts. If I understood correctly, the idea is to
continue adding to the pre-existing element at the end of the line
instead of adding a new element which will lose the style or font. Is
this really the correct approach?

I have three more questions in this context:
1) The paragraph is created when replying to an e-mail does have the correct style/font. It only gets lost after moving the caret around in the e-mail. How does Thunderbird communicate to the editor which style to use in the first place, in the case comment #23, the <tt>? Why can't this method be used for any subsequently created text elements? Currently further text elements are created with the "default" font, which is also configured in Thunderbird and must be communicated somehow to the editor.
2) Over in bug 1100966 (spell checker losing red underlines) another node is also created when clicking at the end of the line. Upon backspace, this node becomes empty and is merged (badly) with the preceding one, which in turn loses the underlines. Why didn't we consider to continue the existing node instead of creating a new one? In this case the merge would not happen.
3) Another problem with losing the style/font can be observed after inserting an image, see comment #14. I think the proposed approach of reusing a pre-existing text element can't be used here, since the preceding element is an image. So wouldn't it be easier to make sure the chosen style/font is observed when creating another text element after the image?

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Title:
  composer changes font mid email

Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News:
  Confirmed
Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: thunderbird

  As I'm typing my emails in Thunderbird, I can see what appears to be a
  font size change on screen, normally in the second line of text. The
  second line appear smaller than the first. It's barely perceptible, so
  half them time I think I am imagining it.

  Well, I've started Bccing to myself to check, and the emails I am
  receiving from myself are not only a different size, they're also a
  different font. Composer starts in some default serif, and by the
  second line is sans. I'd bee glad to email someone viz thunderbird,
  and also send along a screenshot of how it looks while I am typing.

  Thanks.

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