diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h
index d4f9cd320..0937ebe0b 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			Underlined=false;
 			StrikeThrough=false;
 			GlobalColor=false;
+			DisplayBlock=false;
 			Width=-1;
 			Height=-1;
 			MaxWidth=-1;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool GlobalColor;
 		bool Underlined;
 		bool StrikeThrough;
+		bool DisplayBlock;
 		sint32 Width;
 		sint32 Height;
 		sint32 MaxWidth;
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			styleStackIndex++;
 			_StyleStack.push_back(Current);
 
+			Current.DisplayBlock = false;
 			Current.Width=-1;
 			Current.Height=-1;
 			Current.MaxWidth=-1;
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
index 7d02fe3d4..c10858933 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
@@ -569,14 +569,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			return _LinkClass.back().c_str();
 		}
 
-		std::vector<bool>				_BlockLevelElement;
-		inline bool isBlockLevelElement() const
-		{
-			if (_BlockLevelElement.empty())
-				return false;
-			return _BlockLevelElement.back();
-		}
-
 		// Divs (i.e. interface group)
 		std::vector<class CInterfaceGroup*>	_Divs;
 		inline CInterfaceGroup *getDiv() const
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp
index 95503e77c..b0b536d0d 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp
@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				if (pos != style.StyleRules.end())
 					style.StyleRules.erase(pos);
 			}
+			else
+			if (it->first == "display")
+			{
+				if (it->second == "inherit")
+					style.DisplayBlock = current.DisplayBlock;
+				else
+					style.DisplayBlock = (it->second == "block" || it->second == "table");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index 2a898fa41..69a48961a 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -1072,6 +1072,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			_AnchorName.push_back(elm.getAttribute("id"));
 		}
 
+		if (_Style.Current.DisplayBlock)
+		{
+			endParagraph();
+		}
+
 		switch(elm.ID)
 		{
 		case HTML_A:        htmlA(elm); break;
@@ -1189,6 +1194,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			break;
 		}
 
+		if (_Style.Current.DisplayBlock)
+		{
+			endParagraph();
+		}
 
 		_Style.popStyle();
 	}
@@ -4881,6 +4890,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		css += "small { font-size: smaller;}";
 		css += "dt { font-weight: bold; }";
 		css += "hr { color: rgb(120, 120, 120);}";
+		// block level elements
+		css += "address, article, aside, blockquote, details, dialog, dd, div, dl, dt, fieldset, figcaption, figure,";
+		css += "footer, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, header, hgroup, hr, li, main, nav, ol, p, pre, section, table,";
+		css += "ul { display: block; }";
+		css += "table { display: table; }";
 		// td { padding: 1px;} - overwrites cellpadding attribute
 		// table { border-spacing: 2px;} - overwrites cellspacing attribute
 		css += "table { border-collapse: separate;}";
@@ -5515,8 +5529,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	void CGroupHTML::htmlDIV(const CHtmlElement &elm)
 	{
-		_BlockLevelElement.push_back(true);
-
 		_DivName = elm.getAttribute("name");
 
 		string instClass = elm.getAttribute("class");
@@ -5539,8 +5551,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				{
 					if ((*it).first == "template")
 						templateName = (*it).second;
-					else if ((*it).first == "display" && (*it).second == "inline-block")
-						_BlockLevelElement.back() = false;
 					else
 						tmplParams.push_back(TTmplParam((*it).first, (*it).second));
 				}
@@ -5573,8 +5583,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 							inst->setPosRef(Hotspot_TL);
 							inst->setParentPosRef(Hotspot_TL);
 							getDiv()->addGroup(inst);
-
-							_BlockLevelElement.back() = false;
 					}
 					else
 					{
@@ -5586,25 +5594,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (isBlockLevelElement())
-		{
-			newParagraph(0);
-		}
-
 		renderPseudoElement(":before", elm);
 	}
 
 	void CGroupHTML::htmlDIVend(const CHtmlElement &elm)
 	{
 		renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
-
-		if (isBlockLevelElement())
-		{
-			endParagraph();
-		}
 		_DivName.clear();
 		popIfNotEmpty(_Divs);
-		popIfNotEmpty(_BlockLevelElement);
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
@@ -5612,7 +5609,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		_DL.push_back(HTMLDListElement());
 		_LI = _DL.size() > 1 || !_UL.empty();
-		endParagraph();
 
 		renderPseudoElement(":before", elm);
 	}
@@ -5624,8 +5620,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
 
-		endParagraph();
-
 		// unclosed DT
 		if (_DL.back().DT)
 		{
@@ -5746,7 +5740,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	void CGroupHTML::htmlHend(const CHtmlElement &elm)
 	{
 		renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
-		endParagraph();
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
@@ -5764,8 +5757,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	void CGroupHTML::htmlHR(const CHtmlElement &elm)
 	{
-		endParagraph();
-
 		CInterfaceGroup *sep = CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getParser()->createGroupInstance("html_hr", "", NULL, 0);
 		if (sep)
 		{
@@ -5789,8 +5780,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			renderPseudoElement(":before", elm);
 			addHtmlGroup(sep, 0);
 			renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
-
-			endParagraph();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -6238,7 +6227,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// if LI is already present
 		_LI = _UL.size() > 1 || _DL.size() > 1;
 		_Indent.push_back(getIndent() + ULIndent);
-		endParagraph();
 
 		renderPseudoElement(":before", elm);
 	}
@@ -6348,7 +6336,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	void CGroupHTML::htmlPend(const CHtmlElement &elm)
 	{
 		renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
-		endParagraph();
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
@@ -6364,7 +6351,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
 
-		endParagraph();
 		popIfNotEmpty(_PRE);
 	}
 
@@ -6581,7 +6567,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		popIfNotEmpty(_Indent);
 
 		renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
-		endParagraph();
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
@@ -6799,7 +6784,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// if LI is already present
 		_LI = _UL.size() > 1 || _DL.size() > 1;
 		_Indent.push_back(getIndent() + ULIndent);
-		endParagraph();
 
 		renderPseudoElement(":before", elm);
 	}
@@ -6811,7 +6795,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		renderPseudoElement(":after", elm);
 
-		endParagraph();
 		popIfNotEmpty(_UL);
 		popIfNotEmpty(_Indent);
 	}