Fix forward delete before tables

Author: Rohithmatham12

packages/lexical-table/src/__tests__/unit/LexicalTableSelection.test.tsx

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   $getRoot,
   $getSelection,
   $isParagraphNode,
+  $isRangeSelection,
   $isTextNode,
   $setSelection,
 } from 'lexical';
@@ -166,5 +167,27 @@ describe('table selection', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe('regression #8075', () => {
+      test('forward delete removes an empty paragraph before a table', () => {
+        testEnv.editor.update(
+          () => {
+            const root = $getRoot();
+            const paragraph = $createParagraphNode();
+            root.clear().append(paragraph, tableNode);
+            paragraph.select();
+
+            const selection = $getSelection();
+            if (!$isRangeSelection(selection)) {
+              throw new Error('Expected range selection');
+            }
+            selection.deleteCharacter(false);
+
+            expect(root.getChildren()).toEqual([tableNode]);
+          },
+          {discrete: true},
+        );
+      });
+    });
   });
 });

packages/lexical/src/LexicalSelection.ts

@@ -1748,6 +1748,18 @@ export class RangeSelection implements BaseSelection {
         (parent === null ? null : parent.getNextSibling());
 
       if ($isElementNode(nextSibling) && nextSibling.isShadowRoot()) {
+        if (
+          anchor.type === 'element' &&
+          $isElementNode(anchorNode) &&
+          anchorNode.isEmpty()
+        ) {
+          const caret = $normalizeCaret($getChildCaret(nextSibling, 'next'));
+          $updateRangeSelectionFromCaretRange(
+            this,
+            $getCaretRange(caret, caret),
+          );
+          anchorNode.remove();
+        }
         return true;
       }
     }