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I updated to Firefox 111, where it told me it could edit PDFs.

I grabbed a tagged PDF, opened it in Firefox, added a text note & sketch, then saved.

I opened that saved PDF in Acrobat Pro and all tags were gone.

Bug filed: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…

#a11y #accessibility

The Firefox 111 splash screen with a big box that reads “Edit PDFs in Firefox” followed by the text “Say goodbye to the hassle of trying to print or fill out your PDFs in other programs. With Firefox you can easily edit PDFs without switching to another app or program. Try it now.”
A tagged PDF as seen in Adobe Acrobat Pro showing all tags in place.
The same PDF as seen in Adobe Acrobat Pro after an edit (denoted with too many red arrows). The PDF no longer has any tags.

1823296 - PDF editor removes tags from tagged PDFs

UNCONFIRMED (nobody) in Firefox - Untriaged. Last updated 2023-03-19.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
#a11y #Accessibility

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@jcsteh Happily.

The public post is not dunking, I just want to make sure nobody accidentally breaks a PDF.

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Jamie Teh
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Honestly, that bug is arguably worthy of dunking. I think we might need to get QA testing tagged PDFs more often. I've marked that as a bug with high severity a11y impact, as it could cause people to unsuspectingly break a11y for users reading their PDFs.
This is not my team's domain, so I can't promise a quick fix, but I'll do my best to advocate for it.
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