From e3ec00bcdf8d08aacf721cbaf5090c4282921adb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:35:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix space create menu eating first character of name in
 private space creation

---
 src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
index 2028e66625..c09b26e45f 100644
--- a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export const SpaceCreateForm: React.FC<ISpaceCreateFormProps> = ({
                 const newName = ev.target.value;
                 if (!alias || alias === `#${nameToLocalpart(name)}:${domain}`) {
                     setAlias(`#${nameToLocalpart(newName)}:${domain}`);
-                    aliasFieldRef.current.validate({ allowEmpty: true });
+                    aliasFieldRef.current?.validate({ allowEmpty: true });
                 }
                 setName(newName);
             }}