From be3ef2b50e2f0b754f7effd67acd2ebc89baf55f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Ralston <travpc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:08:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove all text when cutting in the composer

The previous function did in fact remove the elements, but left the model thinking there was a zero-length string. This approach deletes the text from the model and the DOM, resulting in the placeholder being shown when cutting all the text.

Part of https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/11378
---
 src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.js
index d9604cf030..c605953473 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.js
@@ -209,8 +209,9 @@ export default class BasicMessageEditor extends React.Component {
             const selectedParts = range.parts.map(p => p.serialize());
             event.clipboardData.setData("application/x-riot-composer", JSON.stringify(selectedParts));
             if (type === "cut") {
-                selection.deleteFromDocument();
-                range.replace([]);
+                // Remove the text from the composer
+                const {caret} = getCaretOffsetAndText(this._editorRef, selection);
+                this.props.model.update("", event.inputType, caret);
             }
             event.preventDefault();
         }