From b9cb22e153430bbdbac0e2c36eb5985c475e9494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Windels <brunow@matrix.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 14:36:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dont allow sending empty messages

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

diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
index 0e03d83467..ca7b94999d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ export default class SendMessageComposer extends React.Component {
     }
 
     _sendMessage() {
+        if (this.model.isEmpty) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (!containsEmote(this.model) && this._isSlashCommand()) {
             this._runSlashCommand();
         } else {