Chrome: Selection barrier at details element when contenteditable=true
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- HTML
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Description
When the accordion is contenteditable, Chrome does not allow selecting text across separate <details> items. Safari and Firefox allow the cross-item selection.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c8644ae9-bcaa-46a7-8306-9486de219a8b
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked reproduction at https://w3c.github.io/editing/repros/538.html and compare the selection behavior in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. The issue does not name a repository file, test, or desired implementation change, so the expected fix and completion criteria need to be established before work begins.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100