From ed1f7c92d1f5a7cc98c285b5a06d839f6489d45a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dessalines <tyhou13@gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:41:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Smart select inner content after bold or italics. Fixes #497

---
 .../components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx       | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
index 5b1c8ee0..381ecb46 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);