diff --git a/Readability.js b/Readability.js
index b6abe20..3ef723c 100644
--- a/Readability.js
+++ b/Readability.js
@@ -332,11 +332,21 @@ Readability.prototype = {
this._forEachNode(links, function(link) {
var href = link.getAttribute("href");
if (href) {
- // Replace links with javascript: URIs with text content, since
+ // Remove links with javascript: URIs, since
// they won't work after scripts have been removed from the page.
if (href.indexOf("javascript:") === 0) {
- var text = this._doc.createTextNode(link.textContent);
- link.parentNode.replaceChild(text, link);
+ // if the link only contains simple text content, it can be converted to a text node
+ if (link.childNodes.length === 1 && link.childNodes[0].nodeType === this.TEXT_NODE) {
+ var text = this._doc.createTextNode(link.textContent);
+ link.parentNode.replaceChild(text, link);
+ } else {
+ // if the link has multiple children, they should all be preserved
+ var container = this._doc.createElement('span')
+ while (link.childNodes.length > 0) {
+ container.appendChild(link.childNodes[0])
+ }
+ link.parentNode.replaceChild(container, link);
+ }
} else {
link.setAttribute("href", toAbsoluteURI(href));
}
diff --git a/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/expected-metadata.json b/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/expected-metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9eb7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/expected-metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+ "title": "Replace javascript: links",
+ "byline": null,
+ "excerpt": "abc",
+ "siteName": null,
+ "readerable": false
+}
diff --git a/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/expected.html b/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a53dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/source.html b/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/source.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee63fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-pages/js-link-replacement/source.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Replace javascript: links
+
+
+
+ abc
+ def
+ ghi
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file