From 823960f7636f66b25ae2102dff70914de03bfc1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alf Eaton <alf.eaton@overleaf.com>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 10:55:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #4079 from
 overleaf/ae-ace-replace-range-symbol

Replace all selected ranges when inserting symbol into source editor

GitOrigin-RevId: bc0d7548f61fd740a87b34bb181516e8dc21fff1
---
 services/web/frontend/js/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.js b/services/web/frontend/js/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.js
index 0fa47cfaba..d3468f9a5f 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.js
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ App.directive(
 
         ide.$scope.$on('editor:replace-selection', (event, text) => {
           editor.focus()
-          editor.insert(text)
+          const document = editor.session.getDocument()
+          const ranges = editor.selection.getAllRanges()
+          for (const range of ranges) {
+            document.replace(range, text)
+          }
         })
 
         scope.$watch('autoPairDelimiters', autoPairDelimiters => {