1 files changed, 15 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/content_editor/extensions/reference.js b/app/assets/javascripts/content_editor/extensions/reference.js
index 5f4484af9c8..5e459e65de2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/content_editor/extensions/reference.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/content_editor/extensions/reference.js
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 import { Node } from '@tiptap/core';
+import { PARSE_HTML_PRIORITY_HIGHEST } from '../constants';
+
+const getAnchor = (element) => {
+  if (element.nodeName === 'A') return element;
+  return element.querySelector('a');
+};
 
 export default Node.create({
   name: 'reference',
@@ -13,43 +19,23 @@ export default Node.create({
     return {
       className: {
         default: null,
-        parseHTML: (element) => {
-          return {
-            className: element.className,
-          };
-        },
+        parseHTML: (element) => getAnchor(element).className,
       },
       referenceType: {
         default: null,
-        parseHTML: (element) => {
-          return {
-            referenceType: element.dataset.referenceType,
-          };
-        },
+        parseHTML: (element) => getAnchor(element).dataset.referenceType,
       },
       originalText: {
         default: null,
-        parseHTML: (element) => {
-          return {
-            originalText: element.dataset.original,
-          };
-        },
+        parseHTML: (element) => getAnchor(element).dataset.original,
       },
       href: {
         default: null,
-        parseHTML: (element) => {
-          return {
-            href: element.getAttribute('href'),
-          };
-        },
+        parseHTML: (element) => getAnchor(element).getAttribute('href'),
       },
       text: {
         default: null,
-        parseHTML: (element) => {
-          return {
-            text: element.textContent,
-          };
-        },
+        parseHTML: (element) => getAnchor(element).textContent,
       },
     };
   },
@@ -58,7 +44,10 @@ export default Node.create({
     return [
       {
         tag: 'a.gfm:not([data-link=true])',
-        priority: 51,
+        priority: PARSE_HTML_PRIORITY_HIGHEST,
+      },
+      {
+        tag: 'span.gl-label',
       },
     ];
   },