From 15931fce1ea8103b5eece327583f60bb9fb854a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Ward <robin.ward@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 15:40:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Allow us to insert things between words.

---
 .../javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6 |  4 ----
 test/javascripts/components/d-editor-test.js.es6     | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
index 14c83b14081..71fcb6c5710 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
@@ -279,10 +279,6 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
     let start = textarea.selectionStart;
     let end = textarea.selectionEnd;
 
-    if (start === end) {
-      start = end = textarea.value.length;
-    }
-
     const value = textarea.value.substring(start, end);
     const pre = textarea.value.slice(0, start);
     const post = textarea.value.slice(end);
diff --git a/test/javascripts/components/d-editor-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/components/d-editor-test.js.es6
index 08f3568fdbe..8891f9fb55f 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/components/d-editor-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/components/d-editor-test.js.es6
@@ -411,6 +411,18 @@ testCase(`heading button with no selection`, function(assert, textarea) {
   });
 });
 
+testCase(`rule between things`, function(assert, textarea) {
+  textarea.selectionStart = 5;
+  textarea.selectionEnd = 5;
+
+  click(`button.rule`);
+  andThen(() => {
+    assert.equal(this.get('value'), `hello\n\n----------\n world.`);
+    assert.equal(textarea.selectionStart, 18);
+    assert.equal(textarea.selectionEnd, 18);
+  });
+});
+
 testCase(`rule with no selection`, function(assert, textarea) {
   click(`button.rule`);
   andThen(() => {