1280565 - Empty link exposed when selected link is replaced in editor

Status: NEW

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect, P3)

Description

[James Teh [:Jamie]]

STR:
1. Open this URL: data:text/html,<div contentEditable="true">a<a href="http://www.google.com/">b</a>c</div>
2. Focus the content editable.
3. Press home.
4. Press right arrow.
5. Press shift+right arrow to select the "b".
6. Type "z", thereby replacing the link.
7. Examine the text of the content editable accessible.
Expected: "azc"
Actual: "az*c", where * is an embedded object for an empty link.

The link shouldn't be exposed in the text.

Practical impact: If you read this line with a screen reader, you will get "az, link, c" or similar, but there's no link as far as the user is concerned.

Comment 1

[James Teh [:Jamie]]

The link is still in the DOM once it's been replaced, so this is probably an editor bug. That said, I do wonder whether accessibility should filter this out.