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Wrong `Selection` when `<input/>` inside contenteditable is focused
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Description
Reproduction example
https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/nostalgic-sutherland-w2n2w8
Prerequisites
- Render
<div contenteditable="true"><input/></div> - Focus the
HTMLInputElement
Expected behavior
The selection has one collapsed range at the position of the input element.
Actual behavior
The selection has no range.
User-event version
14.5.2
Environment
Testing Library framework:
JS framework:
Test environment:
DOM implementation:
Additional context
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Research direction
Start with the linked CodeSandbox reproduction and trace how focusing an HTMLInputElement inside a contenteditable element affects the Selection. Done means the selection contains one collapsed range at the input position instead of no range, under the reported Testing Library, React, Jest, and jsdom versions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, testing
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100