🐛 | Fix message input detection and Slate editor insertion

plugins/unsloth-chat/index.jsx

@@ -83,62 +83,90 @@ function setMessageInput(text) {
     '[class*="chat"] [class*="channelTextArea"] [role="textbox"]',
   ];
 
-  let textarea = null;
+  let editorEl = null;
   for (const sel of selectors) {
-    textarea = document.querySelector(sel);
+    editorEl = document.querySelector(sel);
-    if (textarea) break;
+    if (editorEl) break;
   }
 
-  if (!textarea) return false;
+  if (!editorEl) return false;
 
   // Determine the native input element
   let nativeInput;
   const isContentEditable =
-    textarea.tagName !== "TEXTAREA" &&
+    editorEl.tagName !== "TEXTAREA" &&
-    (textarea.isContentEditable || textarea.getAttribute("contenteditable") === "true");
+    (editorEl.isContentEditable || editorEl.getAttribute("contenteditable") === "true");
 
-  if (textarea.tagName === "TEXTAREA") {
+  if (editorEl.tagName === "TEXTAREA") {
     // Classic Discord: direct textarea element
-    nativeInput = textarea;
+    nativeInput = editorEl;
   } else if (isContentEditable) {
     // Modern Discord: Slate/contenteditable div - use it directly
-    nativeInput = textarea;
+    nativeInput = editorEl;
   } else {
     // Look for a nested textarea (older layout)
-    nativeInput = textarea.querySelector("textarea");
+    nativeInput = editorEl.querySelector("textarea");
   }
 
   if (!nativeInput) return false;
 
-  // Set the value
+  // ── Set the value ───────────────────────────────────────────
   nativeInput.focus();
 
   if (nativeInput.tagName === "TEXTAREA") {
     // Classic textarea input
     nativeInput.value = text;
+    nativeInput.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true }));
   } else {
-    // ContentEditable div (Slate editor / modern Discord)
+    // ContentEditable div — modern Discord Slate editor
-    // Clear existing content and insert new text
+    // Slate listens for "beforeinput" events, not plain DOM mutations.
-    nativeInput.textContent = "";
+    // We select all existing content, then dispatch beforeinput so
-    nativeInput.focus();
+    // Slate handles the replacement through its own React pipeline.
 
-    // Use execCommand as fallback for Slate-based editors
+    // 1. Select all existing content so the insert replaces everything
-    try {
+    const sel = window.getSelection();
-      document.execCommand("insertText", false, text);
+    if (sel) {
-    } catch (_) {
+      try {
-      // Fallback: set textContent directly
+        const range = document.createRange();
-      nativeInput.textContent = text;
+        range.selectNodeContents(nativeInput);
+        sel.removeAllRanges();
+        sel.addRange(range);
+      } catch (_) { /* selection API may fail on some elements */ }
     }
-  }
 
-  // Dispatch an input event so React picks up the change
+    // 2. Dispatch beforeinput — this is what Slate's withReact
-  const nativeInputEv = new Event("input", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+    //    plugin hooks into to update the editor's React state.
-  nativeInput.dispatchEvent(nativeInputEv);
+    // dispatchEvent returns FALSE when the event was cancelled
+    // (Slate calls preventDefault when it handles the event).
+    // TRUE means nobody cancelled -> we need the fallback.
+    let needsFallback = true;
+    try {
+      const notCancelled = nativeInput.dispatchEvent(new InputEvent("beforeinput", {
+        inputType: "insertText",
+        data: text,
+        bubbles: true,
+        cancelable: true,
+      }));
+      needsFallback = notCancelled;
+    } catch (_) {
+      // InputEvent constructor may not be available (old Electron)
+    }
 
-  // Also dispatch on the outer element if it differs and is contenteditable
+    // 3. Fallback: if beforeinput wasn't cancelled by any handler
-  if (textarea !== nativeInput && textarea.isContentEditable) {
+    //    use execCommand which works on older Discord layouts.
-    textarea.textContent = text;
+    if (needsFallback) {
-    textarea.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+      try {
+        document.execCommand("selectAll", false, null);
+        document.execCommand("insertText", false, text);
+      } catch (_) {
+        // Last resort: set textContent directly
+        nativeInput.textContent = text;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 4. Always dispatch input — React-controlled components often
+    //    listen for this in addition to beforeinput.
+    nativeInput.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
   }
 
   return true;