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Update useSyntheticChange to only call execCommand if input is focused #3562

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/tame-foxes-tan.md
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"@primer/react": patch
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Fix `MarkdownEditor` file uploads inserting the URL into the wrong input when an overlay is open
6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion src/drafts/hooks/useSyntheticChange.ts
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Expand Up @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const useSyntheticChange = ({inputRef, fallbackEventHandler}: UseSyntheti
const input = inputRef.current
if (!input) return

input.focus() // the input must be focused to execute execCommand
input.focus()

const replaceRange = replaceRange_ ?? [
input.selectionStart ?? input.value.length,
Expand All @@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ export const useSyntheticChange = ({inputRef, fallbackEventHandler}: UseSyntheti
// but it's a deprecated API and there's no alternative. It also doesn't work in test environments
let execCommandResult = false
try {
// There is no guarantee the input is focused even after calling `focus()` on it. For example, the focus could
// be trapped by an overlay. In that case we must prevent the change from happening in some unexpected target.
if (document.activeElement !== input) throw new Error('Input must be focused to use execCommand')

// expand selection to the whole range and replace it with the new value
input.setSelectionRange(replaceRange[0], replaceRange[1])
execCommandResult =
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