document.execCommand-insertParagraph无法正常工作

Question

I'm trying to toggle the application of <p>...</p> tag around the selection in a contentEditable, for which I'm using

document.execCommand('insertParagraph', false, null);

Forget about toggling the p-tag, I'm not able to apply the tag to the selection. Instead, it is giving

<div>
    <br>
</div>
<div>
    <br>
</div>

This is happening with all the browsers (chrome, firefox, IE). It is removing the selection and creating the above empty divs.

Answer 1

I know its bit late but i found the solution

document.execCommand('formatblock',false,'p');

It worked for me in both chrome and firefox.