From 428e0f87b71f38e21660abafda0e4088f1b2006a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nad Alaba <37968805+nadalaba@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 22:28:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: word jumping to 3rd line when overflowing (@nadalaba)
 (#8210)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/23197a0c-7b59-48e5-8a3d-460584a7df12
---
 frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-insert-text.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-insert-text.ts b/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-insert-text.ts
index 04254bf51ba6..458b4d374876 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-insert-text.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-insert-text.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ export function onBeforeInsertText(data: string): boolean {
   }
 
   const { inputValue } = getInputElementValue();
-  const currentWordTextWithCommit =
-    TestWords.words.getCurrent()?.textWithCommit ?? "";
+  const currentWordObj = TestWords.words.getCurrent();
+  const currentWordTextWithCommit = currentWordObj?.textWithCommit ?? "";
+  const currentWordTextDisplay = currentWordObj?.display ?? "";
 
   //normalize visually-equivalent chars (e.g. IME U+3000 space) to the target
   //char, matching onInsertText, so commit classification is consistent
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ export function onBeforeInsertText(data: string): boolean {
   // this will not work for the first word of each line, but that has a low chance of happening
   const dataIsNotFalsy = data !== null && data !== "";
   const inputIsLongerThanOrEqualToWord =
-    getCurrentInput().length >= currentWordTextWithCommit.length;
+    getCurrentInput().length >= currentWordTextDisplay.length;
 
   if (
     !SlowTimer.get() && // don't do this check if slow timer is active