#1185: [wg/webediting] Web Editing Working Group Charter

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Opened Jan 15, 2026

This issue was created because the 'horizontal review requested' label was added to § https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/522

This review is requested prior to the Advisory Committee Review.

New charter proposal, reviewers please take note.

Charter Review

Charter

diff from charter template

Expected end of charter refinement phase: December 2025

If applicable:

diff from previous charter

chair dashboard

What kind of charter is this? Check the relevant box / remove irrelevant branches.

  • Existing
  • Existing WG recharter

Horizontal Reviews: apply the Github label "Horizontal review requested" to request reviews for accessibility (a11y), internationalization (i18n), privacy, security, and TAG. Also add a "card" for this issue to the Strategy Funnel.

Where would charter proponents like to see issues raised? https://github.com/w3c/editing/issues/new/

Anything else we should think about as we review?

The WG is thinking about putting together a new doc on how users interact with contentEditable and EditContext, probably around the idea of editing hosts and user interaction.

/cc @johanneswilm

Charter facilitator(s)

cc @siusin

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Discussed Jan 19, 2026 (See Github)

Christian: this is one of the charter updates. they are only extending deadlines and adding a new spec: the caret movement specification, to control the movement of a character set, improve internationalisation support. Seems fine, propose closing as satisfied if Lola agrees.

Hadley: everyone else agree?

[agreed]

Comment by @christianliebel Jan 22, 2026 (See Github)

This is a recharter of the Web Editing Working Group, a long-standing Working Group dealing with a rich editing experience on the web. This update seems minor, adding the Caret Movement Specification as a deliverable to improve the rich editing experience, including enhanced internationalization support. We are closing this review as satisfied.

Comment by @siusin Jan 22, 2026 (See Github)

Thank you!