The current email template editor TINYMCE in v7.9x is corrupting the email templates and there is no way to have html emails without being forced to use TINYMCE to edit them. e.g.
Hi there, TinyMCE is an upstream library so unfortunately outside our ability to change the behaviour. If there's another editor you'd like to see instead which does not have this behaviour, or an option to disable the rich text editor permanently, we'd welcome separate request for those.
In the meantime, you can disable the editor by removing the /assets/js/tinymce directory.
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TinyMCE is an upstream library so unfortunately outside our ability to change the behaviour. If there's another editor you'd like to see instead which does not have this behaviour, or an option to disable the rich text editor permanently, we'd welcome separate request for those.
In the meantime, you can disable the editor by removing the /assets/js/tinymce directory.