commonmark / commonmark/commonmark.js

Empty link, image, definition titles should output `title=""` on `a`, `img`

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Description

The following CM:

[](<> ""), [](<> "x")

![](<> ""), ![](<> "x")

[][y], [][z]

![][y], ![][z]

[y]: <> ""
[z]: <> "w"

Yields:

<p><a href=""></a>, <a href="" title="x"></a></p>
<p><img src="" alt="" />, <img src="" alt="" title="x" /></p>
<p><a href=""></a>, <a href="" title="w"></a></p>
<p><img src="" alt="" />, <img src="" alt="" title="w" /></p>

I believe commonmark.js should output title="" if an empty title is defined in Markdown ("", '', ()). This might also be clarified in the spec with examples.

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the Markdown cases in commonmark.js and compare the generated HTML with the linked CommonMark output. Done means empty link, image, and definition titles consistently render as title="" while non-empty titles remain unchanged.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, markdown
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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