Make tagged images visible for screen readers (bug 1708040)

The idea is to insert a span in the text layer with an aria-role set to img and use the bounding box provided by the attribute field in the tag dict in order to have non-null dimensions for the image to make it "visible".
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diff --git a/src/core/struct_tree.js b/src/core/struct_tree.js
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 import { AnnotationPrefix, stringToPDFString, warn } from "../shared/util.js";
 import { Dict, isName, Name, Ref, RefSetCache } from "./primitives.js";
+import { isNumberArray, stringToAsciiOrUTF16BE } from "./core_utils.js";
 import { NumberTree } from "./name_number_tree.js";
-import { stringToAsciiOrUTF16BE } from "./core_utils.js";
 import { writeObject } from "./writer.js";
 
 const MAX_DEPTH = 40;
@@ -751,10 +751,33 @@ class StructTreePage {
       obj.role = node.role;
       obj.children = [];
       parent.children.push(obj);
-      const alt = node.dict.get("Alt");
+      let alt = node.dict.get("Alt");
+      if (typeof alt !== "string") {
+        alt = node.dict.get("ActualText");
+      }
       if (typeof alt === "string") {
         obj.alt = stringToPDFString(alt);
       }
+
+      const a = node.dict.get("A");
+      if (a instanceof Dict) {
+        const bbox = a.getArray("BBox");
+        if (isNumberArray(bbox, 4)) {
+          obj.bbox = bbox;
+        } else {
+          const width = a.get("Width");
+          const height = a.get("Height");
+          if (width > 0 && height > 0) {
+            obj.bbox = [0, 0, width, height];
+          }
+        }
+        // TODO: If the bbox is not available, we should try to get it from
+        // the content stream.
+        // For example when rendering on the canvas the commands between the
+        // beginning and the end of the marked-content sequence, we can
+        // compute the overall bbox.
+      }
+
       const lang = node.dict.get("Lang");
       if (typeof lang === "string") {
         obj.lang = stringToPDFString(lang);

diff --git a/src/display/editor/annotation_editor_layer.js b/src/display/editor/annotation_editor_layer.js
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ class AnnotationEditorLayer {
     const { target } = event;
     if (
       target === this.#textLayer.div ||
-      (target.classList.contains("endOfContent") &&
+      ((target.getAttribute("role") === "img" ||
+        target.classList.contains("endOfContent")) &&
         this.#textLayer.div.contains(target))
     ) {
       const { isMac } = FeatureTest.platform;
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ class AnnotationEditorLayer {
       HighlightEditor.startHighlighting(
         this,
         this.#uiManager.direction === "ltr",
-        event
+        { target: this.#textLayer.div, x: event.x, y: event.y }
       );
       this.#textLayer.div.addEventListener(
         "pointerup",

diff --git a/test/integration/accessibility_spec.mjs b/test/integration/accessibility_spec.mjs
@@ -241,4 +241,44 @@ describe("accessibility", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("Figure in the content stream", () => {
+    let pages;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      pages = await loadAndWait("bug1708040.pdf", ".textLayer");
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await closePages(pages);
+    });
+
+    it("must check that an image is correctly inserted in the text layer", async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+          expect(await isStructTreeVisible(page))
+            .withContext(`In ${browserName}`)
+            .toBeTrue();
+
+          const spanId = await page.evaluate(() => {
+            const el = document.querySelector(
+              `.structTree span[role="figure"]`
+            );
+            return el.getAttribute("aria-owns") || null;
+          });
+
+          expect(spanId).withContext(`In ${browserName}`).not.toBeNull();
+
+          const ariaLabel = await page.evaluate(id => {
+            const img = document.querySelector(`#${id} > span[role="img"]`);
+            return img.getAttribute("aria-label");
+          }, spanId);
+
+          expect(ariaLabel)
+            .withContext(`In ${browserName}`)
+            .toEqual("A logo of a fox and a globe");
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs b/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs
@@ -2020,4 +2020,51 @@ describe("Highlight Editor", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("Free Highlight with an image in the struct tree", () => {
+    let pages;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      pages = await loadAndWait(
+        "bug1708040.pdf",
+        ".annotationEditorLayer",
+        null,
+        null,
+        { highlightEditorColors: "red=#AB0000" }
+      );
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await closePages(pages);
+    });
+
+    it("must check that it's possible to draw on an image in a struct tree", async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+          await switchToHighlight(page);
+
+          const rect = await getRect(page, `.textLayer span[role="img"]`);
+
+          const x = rect.x + rect.width / 2;
+          const y = rect.y + rect.height / 2;
+          const clickHandle = await waitForPointerUp(page);
+          await page.mouse.move(x, y);
+          await page.mouse.down();
+          await page.mouse.move(rect.x - 1, rect.y - 1);
+          await page.mouse.up();
+          await awaitPromise(clickHandle);
+
+          await page.waitForSelector(getEditorSelector(0));
+          const usedColor = await page.evaluate(() => {
+            const highlight = document.querySelector(
+              `.page[data-page-number = "1"] .canvasWrapper > svg.highlight`
+            );
+            return highlight.getAttribute("fill");
+          });
+
+          expect(usedColor).withContext(`In ${browserName}`).toEqual("#AB0000");
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/api_spec.js b/test/unit/api_spec.js
@@ -3807,11 +3807,13 @@ Caron Broadcasting, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Lessee”).`)
                     role: "Figure",
                     children: [{ type: "content", id: "p406R_mc11" }],
                     alt: "d h c s logo",
+                    bbox: [57.75, 676, 133.35, 752],
                   },
                   {
                     role: "Figure",
                     children: [{ type: "content", id: "p406R_mc1" }],
                     alt: "Great Seal of the State of California",
+                    bbox: [481.5, 678, 544.5, 741],
                   },
                   {
                     role: "P",

diff --git a/test/unit/struct_tree_spec.js b/test/unit/struct_tree_spec.js
@@ -107,4 +107,48 @@ describe("struct tree", function () {
       await loadingTask.destroy();
     });
   });
+
+  it("parses structure with a figure and its bounding box", async function () {
+    const filename = "bug1708040.pdf";
+    const params = buildGetDocumentParams(filename);
+    const loadingTask = getDocument(params);
+    const doc = await loadingTask.promise;
+    const page = await doc.getPage(1);
+    const struct = await page.getStructTree();
+    equalTrees(
+      {
+        children: [
+          {
+            role: "Document",
+            children: [
+              {
+                role: "Sect",
+                children: [
+                  {
+                    role: "P",
+                    children: [{ type: "content", id: "p21R_mc0" }],
+                    lang: "EN-US",
+                  },
+                  {
+                    role: "P",
+                    children: [{ type: "content", id: "p21R_mc1" }],
+                    lang: "EN-US",
+                  },
+                  {
+                    role: "Figure",
+                    children: [{ type: "content", id: "p21R_mc2" }],
+                    alt: "A logo of a fox and a globe\u0000",
+                    bbox: [72, 287.782, 456, 695.032],
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+        role: "Root",
+      },
+      struct
+    );
+    await loadingTask.destroy();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/web/annotation_editor_layer_builder.css b/web/annotation_editor_layer_builder.css
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 
   &:not(.free) span {
     cursor: var(--editorHighlight-editing-cursor);
+
+    &[role="img"] {
+      cursor: var(--editorFreeHighlight-editing-cursor);
+    }
   }
 
   &.free span {

diff --git a/web/pdf_page_view.js b/web/pdf_page_view.js
@@ -1068,7 +1068,10 @@ class PDFPageView {
         await this.#finishRenderTask(renderTask);
 
         if (this.textLayer || this.annotationLayer) {
-          this.structTreeLayer ||= new StructTreeLayerBuilder(pdfPage);
+          this.structTreeLayer ||= new StructTreeLayerBuilder(
+            pdfPage,
+            this.viewport.rawDims
+          );
         }
 
         this.#renderTextLayer();

diff --git a/web/struct_tree_layer_builder.js b/web/struct_tree_layer_builder.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 import { removeNullCharacters } from "./ui_utils.js";
+import { Util } from "pdfjs-lib";
 
 const PDF_ROLE_TO_HTML_ROLE = {
   // Document level structure types
@@ -82,8 +83,11 @@ class StructTreeLayerBuilder {
 
   #elementAttributes = new Map();
 
-  constructor(pdfPage) {
+  #viewBox;
+
+  constructor(pdfPage, viewBox) {
     this.#promise = pdfPage.getStructTree();
+    this.#viewBox = viewBox;
   }
 
   async render() {
@@ -156,6 +160,43 @@ class StructTreeLayerBuilder {
     }
   }
 
+  #addImageInTextLayer(node, element) {
+    const { alt, bbox, children } = node;
+    const child = children?.[0];
+    if (!this.#viewBox || !alt || !bbox || child?.type !== "content") {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const { id } = child;
+    if (!id) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    const span = document.getElementById(id);
+    if (!span) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    element.setAttribute("aria-owns", id);
+
+    const img = document.createElement("span");
+    span.append(img);
+    img.setAttribute("role", "img");
+    const label = removeNullCharacters(alt);
+    img.setAttribute("aria-label", label);
+
+    const { pageHeight, pageX, pageY } = this.#viewBox;
+    const rect = Util.normalizeRect(bbox);
+
+    const calc = "calc(var(--scale-factor)*";
+    const { style } = img;
+    style.width = `${calc}${rect[2] - rect[0]}px)`;
+    style.height = `${calc}${rect[3] - rect[1]}px)`;
+    style.left = `${calc}${rect[0] - pageX}px)`;
+    style.top = `${calc}${pageHeight - rect[3] + pageY}px)`;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
   #walk(node) {
     if (!node) {
       return null;
@@ -171,6 +212,9 @@ class StructTreeLayerBuilder {
       } else if (PDF_ROLE_TO_HTML_ROLE[role]) {
         element.setAttribute("role", PDF_ROLE_TO_HTML_ROLE[role]);
       }
+      if (role === "Figure" && this.#addImageInTextLayer(node, element)) {
+        return element;
+      }
     }
 
     this.#setAttributes(node, element);

diff --git a/web/text_layer_builder.css b/web/text_layer_builder.css
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
   }
   /*#endif*/
 
+  span[role="img"] {
+    user-select: none;
+    cursor: default;
+  }
+
   .highlight {
     --highlight-bg-color: rgb(180 0 170 / 0.25);
     --highlight-selected-bg-color: rgb(0 100 0 / 0.25);