From 1226b326866829817de2c9f428c3ff56dc2ef95f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wout Van Den Driessche <wout.vandendriessche@usewhale.io>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:09:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Detect non-width spaces

---
 src/TributeRange.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/TributeRange.js b/src/TributeRange.js
index 59e4d600..510271ff 100644
--- a/src/TributeRange.js
+++ b/src/TributeRange.js
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ class TributeRange {
         }
     }
 
+    convertNonWidthSpacesToRealOnes(text) {
+        return text.replace(/[\u200B-\u200D\uFEFF]/g, ' ')
+    }
+
     getTextPrecedingCurrentSelection() {
         let context = this.tribute.current,
             text = ''
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ class TributeRange {
             let selectedElem = this.getWindowSelection().anchorNode
 
             if (selectedElem != null) {
-                let workingNodeContent = selectedElem.textContent
+                let workingNodeContent = this.convertNonWidthSpacesToRealOnes(selectedElem.textContent)
                 let selectStartOffset = this.getWindowSelection().getRangeAt(0).startOffset
 
                 if (workingNodeContent && selectStartOffset >= 0) {