538400 - Cannot properly cut content across non-editable element boundaries in a contentEditable element

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P5)

Description

[Tim]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6) Gecko/20091201 Firefox/3.5.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6) Gecko/20091201 Firefox/3.5.6

For a selection that begins within a span, within a div, and then crosses over a new non-editable element, ultimately ending outside of the aforementioned div in a subsequent div, cut commands do not properly remove the uneditable element.

In this case "cut" refers to Ctrl-X or the core cut command.

See the asterisks in the follow text for an example of where the selection begins and ends.

<DIV contentEditable="true">
<div><span>adsfa</span>
<span>dsadfas start*d</span>
<span contenteditable="false"><strong>READ-ONLY</strong></span>
</div>
<div>a*end dsf asd</div>
</DIV>

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Within a block element, edit some content with an uneditable element
2. Apply some formatting that generates a span prior to that element
3. Create a new div block element below the original set of content
4. Cut content from the first block, including the uneditable element, through to the second block element
Actual Results:  
The cut doesn't remove all of the original content, even though it will paste it all correctly.

Expected Results:  
Everything selected is cut.

Comment 1

[Jens Stutte [:jstutte]]

Bulk-downgrade of unassigned, >=5 years untouched DOM/Storage bugs' priority.

If you have reason to believe this is wrong (especially for the severity), please write a comment and ni :jstutte.