<head><style>
table, td {
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
}
</style></head>
<p>This tests selecting and deleting the paragraph before a table.  You should see only a table in the editable region below, with the caret just before it.</p>
<div contenteditable="true">
<div><br></div>
<table id="table">
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr>
</table>
</div>
<ul id="console"></ul>

<script>
function log(str) {
    var li = document.createElement("li");
    var text = document.createTextNode(str);
    var console = document.getElementById("console");
    li.appendChild(text);
    console.appendChild(li);
}

var sel = window.getSelection();
var table = document.getElementById("table");
var parent = table.parentNode;
if (parent.childNodes[3] != table)
    log("Error: the table is not at index 3 of its parent.");
sel.setPosition(parent, 3);
sel.modify("extend", "backward", "paragraph");
document.execCommand("Delete");
</script>