mozilla / mozilla/readability

Hidden text passed to Readablity

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Description

This is the sample page:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/qualcomm-saw-nuvia-buy-chance-save-14-billion-year-arm-fees-ceo-tells-jury-2024-12-18/

It contains the hidden text in this form:
<span style="border: 0px; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); clip-path: inset(50%); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">, opens new tab</span>

This is passed as a cleaned span to Readability, though it should be obvious that it is hidden:
<span>, opens new tab</span>

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with the Reuters sample URL and trace how the hidden span becomes a cleaned span passed to Readability; the issue names no file or test. Done means hidden text using the shown styling is excluded from the extracted content, with a regression test covering this example.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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