microsoft · JiuqingSong · May 29, 2026
diff --git a/...ages/roosterjs-content-model-api/lib/publicApi/utils/formatInsertPointWithContentModel.ts b/...ages/roosterjs-content-model-api/lib/publicApi/utils/formatInsertPointWithContentModel.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ export function formatInsertPointWithContentModel(
                 textWithSelection: getShadowTextProcessor(bundle),
             },
             tryGetFromCache: false,
+            // When an element carries "container level" styles such as margin or padding, we first
+            // wrap it in a FormatContainer. After all its child nodes are processed, we decide whether
+            // to keep the FormatContainer or fall back to a plain paragraph when it only wraps a single
+            // paragraph. However, formatInsertPointWithContentModel persists the Content Model group path
+            // during processing so the later formatting callback can still use it (see the
+            // DomToModelContextWithPath interface below). If the FormatContainer falls back to a paragraph,
+            // it is removed from the model and the persisted path becomes invalid. To keep the path valid,
+            // we skip the fallback check here and always keep the FormatContainer when one is needed.
+            skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck: true,
         }
     );
 }

diff --git a/...roosterjs-content-model-api/test/publicApi/utils/formatInsertPointWithContentModelTest.ts b/...roosterjs-content-model-api/test/publicApi/utils/formatInsertPointWithContentModelTest.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ describe('formatInsertPointWithContentModel', () => {
                     textWithSelection: jasmine.anything() as any,
                 },
                 tryGetFromCache: false,
+                skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck: true,
             }
         );
 
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ describe('formatInsertPointWithContentModel', () => {
                     textWithSelection: jasmine.anything() as any,
                 },
                 tryGetFromCache: false,
+                skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck: true,
             }
         );
 

diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/lib/coreApi/createContentModel/createContentModel.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/lib/coreApi/createContentModel/createContentModel.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ export const createContentModel: CreateContentModel = (core, option, selectionOv
         ? createDomToModelContext(editorContext, settings.builtIn, settings.customized, option)
         : createDomToModelContextWithConfig(settings.calculated, editorContext);
 
+    if (option?.skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck) {
+        domToModelContext.skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck = true;
+    }
+
     if (selection) {
         domToModelContext.selection = selection;
     }

diff --git a/...es/roosterjs-content-model-core/test/coreApi/createContentModel/createContentModelTest.ts b/...es/roosterjs-content-model-core/test/coreApi/createContentModel/createContentModelTest.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,30 @@ describe('createContentModel', () => {
         expect(domToContentModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockedDiv, currentContext);
         expect(model).toBe(mockedModel);
     });
+
+    it('Pass skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck option to context', () => {
+        const currentContext = { ...originalContext } as DomToModelContext;
+
+        spyOn(createDomToModelContext, 'createDomToModelContext').and.returnValue(currentContext);
+
+        createContentModel(core, {
+            tryGetFromCache: false,
+            skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck: true,
+        });
+
+        expect(domToContentModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockedDiv, currentContext);
+        expect(currentContext.skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('Do not set skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck when option not passed', () => {
+        const currentContext = { ...originalContext } as DomToModelContext;
+
+        spyOn(createDomToModelContext, 'createDomToModelContext').and.returnValue(currentContext);
+
+        createContentModel(core, { tryGetFromCache: false });
+
+        expect(currentContext.skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck).toBeUndefined();
+    });
 });
 
 describe('createContentModel with selection', () => {

diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/domToModel/context/createDomToModelContext.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/domToModel/context/createDomToModelContext.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function createDomToModelContext(
 export function createDomToModelContextWithConfig(
     config: DomToModelSettings,
     editorContext?: EditorContext
-) {
+): DomToModelContext {
     return Object.assign(
         {},
         editorContext,

diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/domToModel/processors/formatContainerProcessor.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/domToModel/processors/formatContainerProcessor.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ const formatContainerProcessorInternal = (
             formatContainer.zeroFontSize = true;
         }
 
-        if (shouldFallbackToParagraph(formatContainer) && !forceFormatContainer) {
+        if (
+            !context.skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck &&
+            shouldFallbackToParagraph(formatContainer) &&
+            !forceFormatContainer
+        ) {
             // For DIV container that only has one paragraph child, container style can be merged into paragraph
             // and no need to have this container
             const paragraph = formatContainer.blocks[0] as ContentModelParagraph;

diff --git a/...es/roosterjs-content-model-dom/test/domToModel/processors/formatContainerProcessorTest.ts b/...es/roosterjs-content-model-dom/test/domToModel/processors/formatContainerProcessorTest.ts
@@ -641,3 +641,122 @@ describe('forceFormatContainerProcessor', () => {
         });
     });
 });
+
+describe('formatContainerProcessor with skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck', () => {
+    let context: DomToModelContext;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        context = createDomToModelContext();
+        context.skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck = true;
+    });
+
+    it('div with single paragraph child should NOT fallback to paragraph', () => {
+        const group = createContentModelDocument();
+        const div = document.createElement('div');
+
+        div.appendChild(document.createTextNode('test'));
+
+        formatContainerProcessor(group, div, context);
+
+        expect(group).toEqual({
+            blockGroupType: 'Document',
+            blocks: [
+                {
+                    blockType: 'BlockGroup',
+                    blockGroupType: 'FormatContainer',
+                    tagName: 'div',
+                    blocks: [
+                        {
+                            blockType: 'Paragraph',
+                            segments: [
+                                {
+                                    segmentType: 'Text',
+                                    text: 'test',
+                                    format: {},
+                                },
+                            ],
+                            format: {},
+                            isImplicit: true,
+                        },
+                    ],
+                    format: {},
+                },
+                { blockType: 'Paragraph', segments: [], format: {}, isImplicit: true },
+            ],
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('div with id and single paragraph child should NOT fallback to paragraph', () => {
+        const group = createContentModelDocument();
+        const div = document.createElement('div');
+
+        div.id = 'testId';
+        div.appendChild(document.createTextNode('test'));
+
+        formatContainerProcessor(group, div, context);
+
+        expect(group).toEqual({
+            blockGroupType: 'Document',
+            blocks: [
+                {
+                    blockType: 'BlockGroup',
+                    blockGroupType: 'FormatContainer',
+                    tagName: 'div',
+                    blocks: [
+                        {
+                            blockType: 'Paragraph',
+                            segments: [
+                                {
+                                    segmentType: 'Text',
+                                    text: 'test',
+                                    format: {},
+                                },
+                            ],
+                            format: {},
+                            isImplicit: true,
+                        },
+                    ],
+                    format: {
+                        id: 'testId',
+                    },
+                },
+                { blockType: 'Paragraph', segments: [], format: {}, isImplicit: true },
+            ],
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('blockquote (non-div) is unaffected and still kept as FormatContainer', () => {
+        const group = createContentModelDocument();
+        const quote = document.createElement('blockquote');
+
+        quote.appendChild(document.createTextNode('test'));
+
+        formatContainerProcessor(group, quote, context);
+
+        expect(group).toEqual({
+            blockGroupType: 'Document',
+            blocks: [
+                {
+                    blockType: 'BlockGroup',
+                    blockGroupType: 'FormatContainer',
+                    tagName: 'blockquote',
+                    blocks: [
+                        {
+                            blockType: 'Paragraph',
+                            segments: [{ segmentType: 'Text', text: 'test', format: {} }],
+                            format: {},
+                            isImplicit: true,
+                        },
+                    ],
+                    format: {
+                        marginTop: '1em',
+                        marginBottom: '1em',
+                        marginRight: '40px',
+                        marginLeft: '40px',
+                    },
+                },
+                { blockType: 'Paragraph', segments: [], format: {}, isImplicit: true },
+            ],
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/DomToModelOption.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/DomToModelOption.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ export interface DomToModelOptionForCreateModel extends DomToModelOption {
      * When this option is passed, "tryGetFromCache" will be ignored.
      */
     recalculateTableSize?: boolean | 'all' | 'selected' | 'none';
+
+    /**
+     * When set to true, if a container element could be represented by a FormatContainer, always keep the
+     * FormatContainer and never fall back to a paragraph, even when it only has a single child.
+     * Set this when the intermediate FormatContainer is persisted during DOM to Content Model conversion
+     * and is later used during formatting.
+     */
+    skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**

diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/DomToModelSettings.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/DomToModelSettings.ts
@@ -152,4 +152,12 @@ export interface DomToModelSettings {
      * If true elements that has display:none style will be processed
      */
     processNonVisibleElements?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * When set to true, if a container element could be represented by a FormatContainer, always keep the
+     * FormatContainer and never fall back to a paragraph, even when it only has a single child.
+     * Set this when the intermediate FormatContainer is persisted during DOM to Content Model conversion
+     * and is later used during formatting.
+     */
+    skipFormatContainerFallbackCheck?: boolean;
 }