diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 7821046..49bd4d4 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -516,6 +516,10 @@ static void TrimInitialSpace( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *element, Node *text )
                 node->end = element->start;
                 lexer->lexbuf[node->start] = ' ';
                 TY_(InsertNodeBeforeElement)(element ,node);
+#if !defined(NDEBUG) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+                SPRTF("TrimInitialSpace: Created text node, inserted before <%s>\n", 
+                    (element->element ? element->element : "unknown"));
+#endif
             }
         }
 
@@ -906,6 +910,13 @@ void TY_(ParseBlock)( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *element, GetTokenMode mode)
     {
         mode = IgnoreWhitespace;
     }
+    else if (mode == IgnoreWhitespace)
+    {
+        /* Issue #212 - Further fix in case ParseBlock() is called with 'IgnoreWhitespace'
+           when such a leading space may need to be inserted before this element to 
+           preverve the browser view */
+        mode = MixedContent;
+    }
 
     while ((node = TY_(GetToken)(doc, mode /*MixedContent*/)) != NULL)
     {
@@ -1355,6 +1366,9 @@ void TY_(ParseBlock)( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *element, GetTokenMode mode)
             if (node->implicit)
                 TY_(ReportError)(doc, element, node, INSERTING_TAG );
 
+            /* Issue #212 - WHY is this hard coded to 'IgnoreWhitespace' while an 
+               effort has been made above to set a 'MixedContent' mode in some cases?
+               WHY IS THE 'mode' VARIABLE NOT USED HERE???? */
             ParseTag( doc, node, IgnoreWhitespace /*MixedContent*/ );
             continue;
         }