Zero-width space to avoid empty annotation cursoring bug

Add zero-width space to make span-like tags non-empty, so that the browser won't
merge their cursoring positions with the following character.

ve.ce.MWNumberedExternalLinkNode:
* Insert U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE inside span (before 'a' tag).

Bug: T96307
Change-Id: Ib07f732043eae4640e3dcfdc06015bcf8897c7b4
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David Chan 2015-05-02 12:52:40 +08:00 committed by David Chan
parent 04c737bac3
commit 5ce6faf020

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@ -23,7 +23,19 @@ ve.ce.MWNumberedExternalLinkNode = function VeCeMWNumberedExternalLinkNode( mode
ve.ce.FocusableNode.call( this );
// DOM changes
this.$element.addClass( 've-ce-mwNumberedExternalLinkNode' );
this.$element
// TODO: Test to see whether we can get away with adding unicode-bidi
// embed/isolate style on $element. unicode-bidi isolate is more conceptually
// correct, but not well supported (e.g. it seems to result in unexpected jumping
// on Chromium).
.addClass( 've-ce-mwNumberedExternalLinkNode' )
// Need some content to make span take up a cursor position, but it must be text
// with no directionality, else it can break Chromium cursoring (see
// https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=441056 ). Either a
// unicorn-like img tag or the actual apparent link text ("[1]", hitherto shown
// with CSS generated content) would fall foul of this bug. Use a zero-width
// space so it doesn't change the appearance.
.text( '\u200B' );
// Add link
this.$link = $( '<a>' )