From f56a9d246fa91df5b06e781221028243ebeee5d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:13:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix index for _insertMention

---
 src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
index c11d940331..e3b794b1d0 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ export default class SendMessageComposer extends React.Component {
             member.rawDisplayName : userId;
         const caret = this._editorRef.getCaret();
         const position = model.positionForOffset(caret.offset, caret.atNodeEnd);
-        const insertIndex = position.index + 1;
+        // index is -1 if there are no parts but we only care for if this would be the part in position 0
+        const insertIndex = position.index > 0 ? position.index : 0;
         const parts = partCreator.createMentionParts(insertIndex, displayName, userId);
         model.transform(() => {
             const addedLen = model.insert(parts, position);