Browser inconsistency when inserting SPACE char

[duncanpierce]

Using Chromium 34.0.1847.116, clicking to move caret, then entering a SPACE results in " " but moving the caret using arrow keys then entering a SPACE results in " ".

To reproduce: if I go to http://guardian.github.io/scribe/ click after the "H" in "Hello" and type SPACE, I get <p>H&nbsp;ello, World!</p>, but if I then press RIGHT ARROW and type SPACE, I get <p>H&nbsp;e llo, World!</p>

On Firefox 30.0 both result in a " " character being inserted.

[hmgibson23]

Unfortunately, we don't test against or officially support Chrome 34. In later version of Chrome the issue is not reproducible. I think applying a backwards fix for this would potentially break more modern versions of Chrome so I doubt this is something we'll look into anytime soon.

[duncanpierce]

Thanks for a quick reply. I didn't realize my Chromium was so out of date. Sorry about that.
However, testing it with latest Google Chrome (Version 38.0.2125.122 (64-bit)) I still see the same problem.

[hmgibson23]

I'm using Chrome 38 and I can't seem to reproduce it. Could you be a little more specific in the exact steps to take?

[duncanpierce]

I've been upgraded to Version 39.0.2171.65 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 13.10 but the same thing occurs. The steps to reproduce are as above:

Go to http://guardian.github.io/scribe/ click after the "H" in "Hello" and hit SPACE, I get <p>H&nbsp;ello, World!</p>, but if I then hit RIGHT ARROW then SPACE, I get <p>H&nbsp;e llo, World!</p>

[hmgibson23]

Ah okay. I can repeat the steps now. Yes this looks like a valid bug. Probably coming from in here https://github.com/guardian/scribe/blob/aa7376e261fffc0476c9edffb3cee00b0b0245f8/src/plugins/core/formatters/html/replace-nbsp-chars.js