Keyboard navigation breaks with links in paragraph in Chrome on MacOS

[rik-dekker]

Describe the bug

If there is a link in a paragraph, text selection and navigation with keyboard starts behaving oddly in Chrome on MacOS. Doesn’t seem to affect Firefox). Examples:

• Double click doesn’t work for selecting a word
• CMD+ALT+ARROW KEY doesn’t work for navigating
• ALT+ARROW KEY doesn’t move the cursor past the link or skips to next paragraph

Which terms did you search for in the documentation and issue tracker?

• link
• select
• double click
• chrome

Environment

• Chrome 95.0.4638.69 (Official Build) (x86_64)
• MacOS 11.6 (20G165)
• Wagtail v2.14 (also tested v2.15)

Steps to reproduce

1. install bakerydemo https://github.com/wagtail/bakerydemo
2. Edit a page (e.g. /admin/pages/60/edit/)
3. Find a paragraph with a link and try the steps in the bug description

[rik-dekker]

I was unsure if this is a Wagtail or a Draftail issue, so I’ve submitted another bug report in the Wagtail repo: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/7693