fix(web): wrapping a selection in backticks formats it as code#14870

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openedOct 2, 2026bySSepehrRajabi

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Selecting text and typing a backtick in the rich text composer currently inserts literal markers. This applies inline code instead; * and _ apply italic, matching the editor’s existing Markdown typing behavior.

Rebuilt on current main using the existing editor imports. Plain text mode, selections spanning paragraphs or hard breaks, and fenced code blocks retain literal wrapping. Formatting that cannot survive the existing Markdown round trip, including whitespace-only italics and conflicting delimiters, also falls back to literal wrapping. The code block schema guard also fixes the original implementation swallowing the key without changing the selection. Already formatted selections retain the existing normal typing behavior. Consequently, pressing * twice on the same retained selection now replaces the italic selection with *, rather than producing bold; use the existing bold shortcut instead.

Original implementation by @SepehrRajabi in #14870; contributor commits preserved.

Before — literal wrapping

Before: selected hello surrounded by literal backticks

After — inline code

After: selected hello formatted as inline code

Before recording · After recording · Code block literal wrapping

Whitespace and delimiter fallback recording

Verification:

Original six cases rebuilt as twelve focused cases in the existing document suite: three mark cases, four range/schema fallbacks, four whitespace/delimiter fallbacks and a code-space case. Removing mark application fails the positive cases; the original implementation fails the added code block case.
287 document tests and seven existing headless Chromium input tests pass; web typecheck and scoped lint/format pass.
Actual headless web client: backtick code, both italic markers, plain text mode, cross paragraph wrapping, and literal backticks inside a fenced code block. Captures use matching isolated demo data and viewport.
Three independent review rounds with Claude Opus and Codex Sol. The repeat-marker concern was reproduced and checked against the existing already-formatted-selection typing contract; no new repeat-marker shortcut was added.
Electron desktop, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android were not run. The web composer is shared with desktop; the separate native mobile composer is outside this change.

Implemented with Codex GPT-6.1 Sol, tests with GPT-6 Astra, reviewed with Claude Opus 5.5 and Codex GPT-6 Sol, through T3 Code.

Fixes #22475

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#22475

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fix(web): wrapping a selection in backticks formats it as codebb0d0d7

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apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsxline 1030Outdated · bb0d0d7Resolved by maria

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Verdict: Would Approve

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a small, self-contained composer bug fix that applies existing rich-text marks while preserving literal behavior in plain mode. A Medium-severity issue remains for selections spanning lines or paragraphs, where serialization can change formatting boundaries.

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Added 2 commitsOct 2, 2026

fix(web): keep literal wrapping for selections that span lines0585a02
Merge branch 'main' into fix/composer-surround-selection-styles28037a5

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Walkthrough

The composer now attempts to apply a supported mark to selected text when a marker is typed. The helper checks selection and document constraints, then verifies the result by serializing and rebuilding the paragraph. If it returns no transaction, the composer retains its existing delimiter-insertion behavior.

Changes: Selection Marking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Schema-aware selection mark helper `apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.ts`	The new helper maps backticks, asterisks, and underscores to marks. It rejects unsupported selections, including selections across parents or hard breaks, and returns a transaction only if serializing and rebuilding the paragraph preserves its content.
Composer input integration and tests `apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx`, `apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.test.ts`	The composer dispatches the mark transaction when the helper returns one. Tests cover rejected selections, supported formatting, Markdown serialization, and preservation of selected text.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#25180 — The PR’s round-trip validation covers selected formatting and Markdown reconstruction, which overlaps with the issue’s reported parser and serializer interactions.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: External image Low · up to d8325

Selecting a word in a multi-line draft that contains a hard break and typing a backtick or emphasis marker inserts literal delimiters instead of formatting the selection. Single-line selections work as intended. The fallback is the prior behavior, so this is a bounded follow-up and not a merge blocker.

Pre-merge checks: ^Passed 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title is concise, conventional, and clearly describes the primary change: wrapping selected text in backticks applies inline code formatting.
Description check	Passed	The description covers the problem, implementation, scope, linked issue, verification results, screenshots and recordings, unverified platforms, and agent usage. It does not use the template headings …
Linked Issues check	Passed	Issue `#22475` requires selected text to become inline code when the user presses backtick. The editor input handler calls `surroundSelectionWithMark` before literal insertion. The helper applies the `c…
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The changes are limited to the rich-text input handler, the mark-wrapping helper, and focused document tests. These changes directly support issue `#22475` and protect the required literal fallback beha…

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The description covers the problem, implementation, scope, linked issue, verification results, screenshots and recordings, unverified platforms, and agent usage. It does not use the template headings exactly, but it provides the required information and is mostly complete.

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Issue #22475 requires selected text to become inline code when the user presses backtick. The editor input handler calls surroundSelectionWithMark before literal insertion. The helper applies the code mark for backtick and returns no transaction for unsupported ranges, so the existing literal fallback remains available. Focused tests cover backtick formatting, selection preservation, plain text, paragraph and hard-break ranges, code blocks, and delimiter round-trip failures. The reported document and input test suites also pass.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The changes are limited to the rich-text input handler, the mark-wrapping helper, and focused document tests. These changes directly support issue #22475 and protect the required literal fallback behavior. No unrelated product behavior or unrelated files are changed.

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JJulius Marminge23d ago

Taking over this one. I will merge current main, rebuild the selection formatting fix using current editor helpers, and verify rich text plus literal code-block wrapping in the isolated app before pushing here. I will not merge it.

Added 5 commits16d ago

Merge origin/main into fix/composer-surround-selection-stylesecadeb8
fix(web): preserve literal selection wrapping in code blocksa59a5ad
fix(web): only style selections that round-trip through markdownd4d3656
Merge remote-tracking branch 'github/main' into takeover-14870daf4bdc
fix(web): reuse draft parsing for selection formattingc79d885

Mmaria16d ago

Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Updated the original branch, preserving @SepehrRajabi's commits, and merged current main without rebasing. Selected plain text now becomes inline code with a backtick, or italic with * / _. Code blocks keep literal wrapping. The multiline fallback remains in place, addressing the old Macroscope finding.

Simplified the round-trip guard to reuse buildTiptapContent, including its math shielding. One added regression case failed before that change and passes afterward. Net change from the previous head, excluding main: 9 additions and 7 deletions.

Verification: Blacksmith vp run check:changed passes format, lint, both knip checks, affected typechecks, and 267 tests across three existing files. System Chrome reproduced literal backticks on main and verified inline code, both italic markers, fenced-code literal wrapping, and draft restoration. Two independent GPT-6.1-Sol source reviews approve the final change. Uploaded video playback and seeking were checked.

Unverified: Electron, native mobile, remote/tunnel clients, and provider submission. CodeRabbit's automatic review hit its review limit; its green check does not represent a fresh review. All 27 checks are green on c79d885c85f324bea2c139c37322d9bedd88d136; the PR is mergeable.

Before, current main:

main leaves literal backticks around the selected hello

After, same text and viewport:

updated branch applies inline code to the selected hello

selecting hello and typing a backtick applies inline code

Added 2 commits6h ago

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/composer-surround-selection-styles8c1ff7c
fix(web): keep typed delimiters literal over shown Markdown sourced83258c

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7	Review comments at @apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.ts:
8	- Line 343: Update the paragraph validation around the restored.firstChild
9	comparison so a hard break outside the selection does not invalidate a mark;
10	validate the selected line or compare all rebuilt lines while preserving the
11	range guard. Add a regression case selecting text on either side of an
12	unselected hard break and verify typing a backtick applies inline code rather
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apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.tsline 343Open thread

…	…	@@ -304,6 +304,45 @@ function markInputRuleOutsideCode(find: RegExp, type: MarkType) {
	340	+	const markdown = serializeEditorDoc(state.doc.type.create(null, paragraph)).value;
	341	+	const rebuilt = buildTiptapContent(markdown, () => null, { blocks: false });
	342	+	const restored = state.schema.nodeFromJSON({ type: "doc", content: rebuilt });
	343	+	return paragraph.content.eq(restored.firstChild!.content) ? tr : null;

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External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Validate a selection beside a hard break against its own line.

If a paragraph contains a hard break outside the selection, the range guard permits the mark. Serialization then turns the break into a newline, and buildTiptapContent rebuilds two paragraphs. Comparing the original paragraph with only restored.firstChild returns null, so selecting a word on either line and typing a backtick inserts literal delimiters instead of inline code. Validate the selected line or compare all rebuilt lines. Add a regression case with the break outside the selection. (raw.githubusercontent.com) As per path instructions, “request a missing test only for a real regression.”

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4	Update the paragraph validation around the restored.firstChild comparison so a hard break outside the selection does not invalidate a mark; validate the selected line or compare all rebuilt lines while preserving the range guard. Add a regression case selecting text on either side of an unselected hard break and verify typing a backtick applies inline code rather than inserting literal delimiters.
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Evidence

Real web app in Chromium, 1280×800 CSS viewport, light theme, Rich text composer enabled. Separate checkouts and fresh isolated databases with synthetic replay threads.

Type say hello now, select only hello, and press backtick. Repeat with fresh unformatted text for * and _. Press Right then End to leave the span before capturing. The identical interaction was recorded on both commits; each still matched another screenshot taken 500 ms later.

Key	Before — 31eea883c7	After — d83258c6eb
Backtick	Before: literal backticks Recording · Full screenshot	After: inline code Recording · Full screenshot
Asterisk	Before: literal asterisks Recording · Full screenshot	After: italic Recording · Full screenshot
Underscore	Before: literal underscores Recording · Full screenshot	After: italic Recording · Full screenshot

Browser driver manifest · Synthetic seed script

Observed: base retains literal delimiters in all three cases; head applies inline code for backtick and italic for both asterisk and underscore. All final captures and recording frames were inspected.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

Desktop Electron shell was not run; evidence covers the shared web composer.
Special-case selections involving mentions, math, existing marks, multiline text, and literal fallbacks were outside the supplied reproduction.