ELEMENTS-1372: fix caret when inserting first row char

core/selection.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import equal from 'deep-equal';
 import Emitter from './emitter';
 import logger from './logger';
 import './shadow-selection-polyfill';
+import { ShadowSelection } from './shadow-selection-polyfill';
 
 const debug = logger('quill:selection');
 
@@ -33,9 +34,13 @@ class Selection {
         setTimeout(this.update.bind(this, Emitter.sources.USER), 1);
       }
     });
-    this.emitter.on(Emitter.events.SCROLL_BEFORE_UPDATE, () => {
+    this.emitter.on(Emitter.events.SCROLL_BEFORE_UPDATE, async (_, mutations) => {
       if (!this.hasFocus()) return;
       const native = this.getNativeRange();
+      // when need to hack the offset on Safari, when we are dealing with the first character of a row
+      const hackOffset = this.rootDocument.getSelection() instanceof ShadowSelection &&
+                         mutations.some((a) => a.type === 'characterData' && a.oldValue === '') &&
+                         native.start.offset === native.end.offset;
       if (native == null) return;
       if (native.start.node === this.cursor.textNode) return; // cursor.restore() will handle
       this.emitter.once(Emitter.events.SCROLL_UPDATE, () => {
@@ -46,9 +51,9 @@ class Selection {
           ) {
             this.setNativeRange(
               native.start.node,
-              native.start.offset,
+              native.start.offset + (hackOffset ? 1 : 0),
               native.end.node,
-              native.end.offset,
+              native.end.offset + (hackOffset ? 1 : 0),
             );
           }
           this.update(Emitter.sources.SILENT);

core/shadow-selection-polyfill.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const SUPPORTS_BEFORE_INPUT = typeof window.InputEvent.prototype.getTargetRanges
 const IS_FIREFOX = window.navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('firefox') > -1;
 
 let processing = false;
-class ShadowSelection {
+export class ShadowSelection {
   constructor() {
     this._ranges = [];
   }