From 5231d922ec9d590f5e3eb0bbcbf1e715497b20c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Dahl <brendan.dahl@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:47:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add presentation role to text layer spans. (#13278)

Keeps screen readers from pausing on every span so
paragraphs are read more naturally. Note: this only seems
to affect Firefox, Chrome automatically combines the spans.
---
 src/display/text_layer.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/display/text_layer.js b/src/display/text_layer.js
index c19feae0c..ab8abd2b2 100644
--- a/src/display/text_layer.js
+++ b/src/display/text_layer.js
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ const renderTextLayer = (function renderTextLayerClosure() {
     textDiv.style.fontSize = `${fontHeight}px`;
     textDiv.style.fontFamily = style.fontFamily;
 
+    // Keeps screen readers from pausing on every new text span.
+    textDiv.setAttribute("role", "presentation");
+
     textDiv.textContent = geom.str;
     // geom.dir may be 'ttb' for vertical texts.
     textDiv.dir = geom.dir;