From: Dessalines <dessalines@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:43:07 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Smart select inner content after bold or italics. Fixes #497 (#577)
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Smart select inner content after bold or italics. Fixes #497 (#577)
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diff --git a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
index 5b1c8ee..381ecb4 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
@@ -459,6 +459,21 @@ export class MarkdownTextArea extends Component<
     }
     this.contentChange();
     this.setState(this.state);
+
+    textarea.focus();
+
+    if (start !== end) {
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(
+        start + beforeChars.length,
+        end + afterChars.length
+      );
+    } else {
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(
+        start + beforeChars.length,
+        end + emptyChars.length + afterChars.length
+      );
+    }
+
     setTimeout(() => {
       autosize.update(textarea);
     }, 10);