Make placeholder accessible

examples/react-rich/src/App.tsx

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ import ExampleTheme from './ExampleTheme';
 import ToolbarPlugin from './plugins/ToolbarPlugin';
 import TreeViewPlugin from './plugins/TreeViewPlugin';
 
-function Placeholder() {
-  return <div className="editor-placeholder">Enter some rich text...</div>;
-}
+const placeholder = 'Enter some rich text...';
 
 const editorConfig = {
   namespace: 'React.js Demo',
@@ -38,8 +36,15 @@ export default function App() {
         <ToolbarPlugin />
         <div className="editor-inner">
           <RichTextPlugin
-            contentEditable={<ContentEditable className="editor-input" />}
-            placeholder={<Placeholder />}
+            contentEditable={
+              <ContentEditable
+                className="editor-input"
+                aria-placeholder={placeholder}
+                placeholder={
+                  <div className="editor-placeholder">{placeholder}</div>
+                }
+              />
+            }
             ErrorBoundary={LexicalErrorBoundary}
           />
           <HistoryPlugin />

packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Placeholder.spec.mjs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test.describe('Placeholder', () => {
     isCollab,
   }) => {
     await focusEditor(page);
-    const content = await textContent(page, '.Placeholder__root');
+    const content = await textContent(page, '.ContentEditable__placeholder');
     if (isCollab) {
       expect(content).toBe('Enter some collaborative rich text...');
     } else if (isRichText) {

packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Toolbar.spec.mjs

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ test.describe('Toolbar', () => {
             </div>
             <div>
               <div
+                aria-placeholder="Enter a caption..."
                 contenteditable="true"
                 role="textbox"
                 spellcheck="true"

packages/lexical-playground/src/Editor.tsx

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ import TreeViewPlugin from './plugins/TreeViewPlugin';
 import TwitterPlugin from './plugins/TwitterPlugin';
 import YouTubePlugin from './plugins/YouTubePlugin';
 import ContentEditable from './ui/ContentEditable';
-import Placeholder from './ui/Placeholder';
 
 const skipCollaborationInit =
   // @ts-expect-error
@@ -94,12 +93,11 @@ export default function Editor(): JSX.Element {
     },
   } = useSettings();
   const isEditable = useLexicalEditable();
-  const text = isCollab
+  const placeholder = isCollab
     ? 'Enter some collaborative rich text...'
     : isRichText
     ? 'Enter some rich text...'
     : 'Enter some plain text...';
-  const placeholder = <Placeholder>{text}</Placeholder>;
   const [floatingAnchorElem, setFloatingAnchorElem] =
     useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const [isSmallWidthViewport, setIsSmallWidthViewport] =
@@ -168,11 +166,10 @@ export default function Editor(): JSX.Element {
               contentEditable={
                 <div className="editor-scroller">
                   <div className="editor" ref={onRef}>
-                    <ContentEditable />
+                    <ContentEditable placeholder={placeholder} />
                   </div>
                 </div>
               }
-              placeholder={placeholder}
               ErrorBoundary={LexicalErrorBoundary}
             />
             <MarkdownShortcutPlugin />
@@ -224,8 +221,7 @@ export default function Editor(): JSX.Element {
         ) : (
           <>
             <PlainTextPlugin
-              contentEditable={<ContentEditable />}
-              placeholder={placeholder}
+              contentEditable={<ContentEditable placeholder={placeholder} />}
               ErrorBoundary={LexicalErrorBoundary}
             />
             <HistoryPlugin externalHistoryState={historyState} />

packages/lexical-playground/src/nodes/ImageComponent.tsx

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import MentionsPlugin from '../plugins/MentionsPlugin';
 import TreeViewPlugin from '../plugins/TreeViewPlugin';
 import ContentEditable from '../ui/ContentEditable';
 import ImageResizer from '../ui/ImageResizer';
-import Placeholder from '../ui/Placeholder';
 import {EmojiNode} from './EmojiNode';
 import {$isImageNode} from './ImageNode';
 import {KeywordNode} from './KeywordNode';
@@ -452,12 +451,11 @@ export default function ImageComponent({
               )}
               <RichTextPlugin
                 contentEditable={
-                  <ContentEditable className="ImageNode__contentEditable" />
-                }
-                placeholder={
-                  <Placeholder className="ImageNode__placeholder">
-                    Enter a caption...
-                  </Placeholder>
+                  <ContentEditable
+                    placeholder="Enter a caption..."
+                    placeholderClassName="ImageNode__placeholder"
+                    className="ImageNode__contentEditable"
+                  />
                 }
                 ErrorBoundary={LexicalErrorBoundary}
               />

packages/lexical-playground/src/nodes/InlineImageNode/InlineImageComponent.tsx

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import LinkPlugin from '../../plugins/LinkPlugin';
 import Button from '../../ui/Button';
 import ContentEditable from '../../ui/ContentEditable';
 import {DialogActions} from '../../ui/Dialog';
-import Placeholder from '../../ui/Placeholder';
 import Select from '../../ui/Select';
 import TextInput from '../../ui/TextInput';
 import {$isInlineImageNode, InlineImageNode} from './InlineImageNode';
@@ -388,12 +387,11 @@ export default function InlineImageComponent({
               <LinkPlugin />
               <RichTextPlugin
                 contentEditable={
-                  <ContentEditable className="InlineImageNode__contentEditable" />
-                }
-                placeholder={
-                  <Placeholder className="InlineImageNode__placeholder">
-                    Enter a caption...
-                  </Placeholder>
+                  <ContentEditable
+                    placeholder="Enter a caption..."
+                    placeholderClassName="InlineImageNode__placeholder"
+                    className="InlineImageNode__contentEditable"
+                  />
                 }
                 ErrorBoundary={LexicalErrorBoundary}
               />

packages/lexical-playground/src/nodes/StickyComponent.tsx

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {createWebsocketProvider} from '../collaboration';
 import {useSharedHistoryContext} from '../context/SharedHistoryContext';
 import StickyEditorTheme from '../themes/StickyEditorTheme';
 import ContentEditable from '../ui/ContentEditable';
-import Placeholder from '../ui/Placeholder';
 import {$isStickyNode} from './StickyNode';
 
 type Positioning = {
@@ -254,12 +253,11 @@ export default function StickyComponent({
           )}
           <PlainTextPlugin
             contentEditable={
-              <ContentEditable className="StickyNode__contentEditable" />
-            }
-            placeholder={
-              <Placeholder className="StickyNode__placeholder">
-                What's up?
-              </Placeholder>
+              <ContentEditable
+                placeholder="What's up?"
+                placeholderClassName="StickyNode__placeholder"
+                className="StickyNode__contentEditable"
+              />
             }
             ErrorBoundary={LexicalErrorBoundary}
           />

packages/lexical-playground/src/plugins/CommentPlugin/index.tsx

@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ import useModal from '../../hooks/useModal';
 import CommentEditorTheme from '../../themes/CommentEditorTheme';
 import Button from '../../ui/Button';
 import ContentEditable from '../../ui/ContentEditable';
-import Placeholder from '../../ui/Placeholder';
 
 export const INSERT_INLINE_COMMAND: LexicalCommand<void> = createCommand(
   'INSERT_INLINE_COMMAND',
@@ -168,8 +167,9 @@ function PlainTextEditor({
     <LexicalComposer initialConfig={initialConfig}>
       <div className="CommentPlugin_CommentInputBox_EditorContainer">
         <PlainTextPlugin
-          contentEditable={<ContentEditable className={className} />}
-          placeholder={<Placeholder>{placeholder}</Placeholder>}
+          contentEditable={
+            <ContentEditable placeholder={placeholder} className={className} />
+          }
           ErrorBoundary={LexicalErrorBoundary}
         />
         <OnChangePlugin onChange={onChange} />

packages/lexical-playground/src/ui/ContentEditable.css

@@ -21,3 +21,24 @@
     padding-right: 8px;
   }
 }
+
+.ContentEditable__placeholder {
+  font-size: 15px;
+  color: #999;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  position: absolute;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  top: 8px;
+  left: 28px;
+  right: 28px;
+  user-select: none;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  display: inline-block;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+@media (max-width: 1025px) {
+  .ContentEditable__placeholder {
+    left: 8px;
+    right: 8px;
+  }
+}

packages/lexical-playground/src/ui/ContentEditable.tsx

@@ -11,10 +11,26 @@ import './ContentEditable.css';
 import {ContentEditable} from '@lexical/react/LexicalContentEditable';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+type Props = {
+  className?: string;
+  placeholderClassName?: string;
+  placeholder: string;
+};
+
 export default function LexicalContentEditable({
   className,
-}: {
-  className?: string;
-}): JSX.Element {
-  return <ContentEditable className={className || 'ContentEditable__root'} />;
+  placeholder,
+  placeholderClassName,
+}: Props): JSX.Element {
+  return (
+    <ContentEditable
+      className={className ?? 'ContentEditable__root'}
+      aria-placeholder={placeholder}
+      placeholder={
+        <div className={placeholderClassName ?? 'ContentEditable__placeholder'}>
+          {placeholder}
+        </div>
+      }
+    />
+  );
 }

packages/lexical-react/flow/LexicalContentEditable.js.flow

@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-export type Props = $ReadOnly<{
+export type Props = ({} | $ReadOnly<{
+  'aria-placeholder': string;
+  placeholder:
+    | ((isEditable: boolean) => null | React$Node)
+    | null
+    | React$Node;
+}>) & $ReadOnly<{
   ...Partial<HTMLDivElement>,
   ariaActiveDescendant?: string,
   ariaAutoComplete?: string,