From 2d47d3d2c371d5d31d1239dc5a98c2a779a07c98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Barnard <lukeb@openmarket.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 17:36:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Hide autocomplete when RTE selection state (cursor) changes

---
 src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
index b2c1436365..ab6c20684b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
@@ -457,6 +457,19 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
             state.editorState = RichText.attachImmutableEntitiesToEmoji(
                 state.editorState);
 
+            // Hide the autocomplete if the cursor location changes but the plaintext
+            // content stays the same. We don't hide if the pt has changed because the
+            // autocomplete will probably have different completions to show.
+            if (
+                !state.editorState.getSelection().equals(
+                    this.state.editorState.getSelection()
+                )
+                && state.editorState.getCurrentContent().getPlainText() ===
+                this.state.editorState.getCurrentContent().getPlainText()
+            ) {
+                this.autocomplete.hide();
+            }
+
             if (state.editorState.getCurrentContent().hasText()) {
                 this.onTypingActivity();
             } else {