@bobfrankston/rmfmail 1.1.106 → 1.1.107

package/client/lib/rmf-tiny.js

@@ -322,19 +322,48 @@ export async function createTinyMceEditor(container, opts = {}) {
             // (reply / forward — user types above the quoted block);
             // anything else → cursor at END (legacy "put cursor at end"
             // semantics).
-            try {
-                editor.selection.select(editor.getBody(), true);
-                editor.selection.collapse(pos === 0 /* true = start */);
-                editor.focus();
-                // Scroll the viewport to match the caret. For pos 0 that's
-                // the TOP of the body — on a reply the user types above the
-                // quoted block and must land looking at that empty line, not
-                // scrolled down inside the quote (Bob 2026-05-18: "the cursor
-                // should be at the top of the window").
-                if (pos === 0)
+            const place = () => {
+                const body = editor.getBody();
+                if (pos === 0) {
+                    // Put the caret INSIDE the first block element. Collapsing
+                    // to raw body-start lands it outside any block (before /
+                    // between bare nodes) where contentEditable insertion is
+                    // unpredictable — Bob 2026-05-21: "typing goes in the
+                    // wrong place until you try again". rmfmail's reply body
+                    // now leads with a real <p>; drop the caret into it.
+                    const first = body.firstChild;
+                    if (first && first.nodeType === 1 /* element */) {
+                        editor.selection.setCursorLocation(first, 0);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        editor.selection.select(body, true);
+                        editor.selection.collapse(true);
+                    }
+                    editor.focus();
+                    // Viewport to the top so the user looks at the empty
+                    // reply line, not scrolled down into the quote.
                     editor.getWin()?.scrollTo(0, 0);
-                else
+                }
+                else {
+                    editor.selection.select(body, true);
+                    editor.selection.collapse(false);
+                    editor.focus();
                     editor.selection.scrollIntoView();
+                }
+            };
+            try {
+                place();
+                // Re-apply on the next frame. Cross-iframe focus (compose is
+                // an iframe; TinyMCE's edit area is a nested iframe) lets the
+                // first selection set get clobbered by a late layout / focus
+                // event — the "have to click in and try again" symptom. A
+                // second pass after the frame settles makes it stick.
+                editor.getWin()?.requestAnimationFrame?.(() => {
+                    try {
+                        place();
+                    }
+                    catch { /* */ }
+                });
             }
             catch { /* */ }
         },

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/rmfmail",
-  "version": "1.1.106",
+  "version": "1.1.107",
   "description": "Local-first email client with IMAP sync and standalone native app",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "bin/mailx.js",