From 6765c942e5e7dce87e4f10b3ab842c8d9e065fec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: szydlovsky <9szydlowski9@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:29:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove zero width space utils accidental autofocus

---
 ios/utils/ZeroWidthSpaceUtils.mm | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ios/utils/ZeroWidthSpaceUtils.mm b/ios/utils/ZeroWidthSpaceUtils.mm
index 25c4f9c27..2acee377f 100644
--- a/ios/utils/ZeroWidthSpaceUtils.mm
+++ b/ios/utils/ZeroWidthSpaceUtils.mm
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ + (void)removeSpacesIfNeededInEditor:(ReactNativeRichTextEditorView *)editor {
     }
   }
   
-  // fix the selection
-  [editor->textView reactFocus];
-  editor->textView.selectedRange = NSMakeRange(preRemoveSelection.location + postRemoveOffset, preRemoveSelection.length);
+  // fix the selection if needed
+  if(editor->textView.focused) {
+    [editor->textView reactFocus];
+    editor->textView.selectedRange = NSMakeRange(preRemoveSelection.location + postRemoveOffset, preRemoveSelection.length);
+  }
 }
 
 + (void)addSpacesIfNeededInEditor:(ReactNativeRichTextEditorView *)editor {
@@ -109,9 +111,11 @@ + (void)addSpacesIfNeededInEditor:(ReactNativeRichTextEditorView *)editor {
     [TextInsertionUtils insertText:@"\u200B" at:lastRange.location additionalAttributes:nullptr editor:editor withSelection:NO];
   }
   
-  // fix the selection
-  [editor->textView reactFocus];
-  editor->textView.selectedRange = NSMakeRange(preAddSelection.location + postAddOffset, preAddSelection.length);
+  // fix the selection if needed
+  if(editor->textView.focused) {
+    [editor->textView reactFocus];
+    editor->textView.selectedRange = NSMakeRange(preAddSelection.location + postAddOffset, preAddSelection.length);
+  }
 }
 
 + (BOOL)handleBackspaceInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text editor:(id)editor {