From 7816c17cb54ef9d5b00e24e235d2121efb3304a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yflory <yann.flory@xwiki.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:31:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix backspace shortcut in codemirror

---
 www/common/sframe-common-codemirror.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/www/common/sframe-common-codemirror.js b/www/common/sframe-common-codemirror.js
index f910f12b6..6174e3a4c 100644
--- a/www/common/sframe-common-codemirror.js
+++ b/www/common/sframe-common-codemirror.js
@@ -416,8 +416,12 @@ define([
                     "Backspace": function () {
                         var cursor = doc.getCursor();
                         var line = doc.getLine(cursor.line);
-                        if (line.substring(0, cursor.ch).trim() === "") { editor.execCommand("indentLess"); }
-                        else { editor.execCommand("delCharBefore"); }
+                        var beforeCursor = line.substring(0, cursor.ch);
+                        if (beforeCursor && beforeCursor.trim() === "") {
+                            editor.execCommand("indentLess");
+                        } else {
+                            editor.execCommand("delCharBefore");
+                        }
 
                     },
                 });