Index: _whatsnew.html
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--- _whatsnew.html	(revision 1759)
+++ _whatsnew.html	(working copy)
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
 		<li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/1832">#1832</a>] Calling
 	       		FCK.InsertHtml() in non-IE browsers would now activate the document processor
 			as expected.</li>
+		<li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/1806">#1806</a>] In IE,
+			the carret will not anymore move to the previous line when selecting a Format style
+			inside an empty paragraph.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
 		Version 2.6 Beta 1</h3>
Index: editor/_source/classes/fckeditingarea.js
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--- editor/_source/classes/fckeditingarea.js	(revision 1759)
+++ editor/_source/classes/fckeditingarea.js	(working copy)
@@ -342,14 +342,11 @@
 		return ;
 	}
 
-	range.moveEnd( "character", 1 ) ;
-	range.select() ;
-
-	if ( range.boundingWidth > 0 )
-	{
-		range.moveEnd( "character", -1 ) ;
-		range.select() ;
-	}
+	// Force the selection to happen, in this way we guarantee the focus will
+	// be there.
+	range = new FCKDomRange( this.Window ) ;
+	range.MoveToElementEditStart( parentNode ) ;
+	range.Select() ;
 }
 
 function FCKEditingArea_Cleanup()