From fc9395fe7ebf077db903c9c8fed71f136528ea5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhishek Pandya <apandya@fb.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:12:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add support to create editor state using text string

Summary: - Adds api to create editor state using text string

Differential Revision: D22628246

fbshipit-source-id: e1f1c4bcc68c780de6edf68e407c196bf4c836e1
---
 src/model/immutable/EditorState.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/model/immutable/EditorState.js b/src/model/immutable/EditorState.js
index 65d5ad26ab..627cf9fea4 100644
--- a/src/model/immutable/EditorState.js
+++ b/src/model/immutable/EditorState.js
@@ -117,8 +117,15 @@ class EditorState {
   _immutable: EditorStateRecord;
 
   static createEmpty(decorator?: ?DraftDecoratorType): EditorState {
+    return this.createWithText('', decorator);
+  }
+
+  static createWithText(
+    text: string,
+    decorator?: ?DraftDecoratorType,
+  ): EditorState {
     return EditorState.createWithContent(
-      ContentState.createFromText(''),
+      ContentState.createFromText(text),
       decorator,
     );
   }