autopair 1.1.0 → 1.2.0

package/LICENSE.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Adjusted MIT License
 
 Copyright (c) 2025 Dennis Hackethal
 
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person* obtaining a copy
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person[^1] obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 
-* Exception: no one in the public sector may use this software. That means
+[^1]: Exception: no one in the public sector may use this software. That means
 no politicians, public-school teachers, police, intelligence services, etc.
 Private recipients of public moneys may not use this software either unless
 they oppose the welfare state and consider such moneys restitution. No one

package/README.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ npm install autopair
     '*': '*' // For markdown italics
   });
 
-  // Teardown, ie remove autopair.js functionality
+  // Teardown, ie remove autopair.js functionality from an element
   let teardown = autopair(textarea);
   teardown();
 </script>

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "autopair",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "Automatically closes parentheses and similar characters.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": "Dennis Hackethal <engineering@dennishackethal.com>",

package/src/autopair.js

@@ -55,11 +55,30 @@ export default function autopair(textarea, pairs = {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Only autopair if next char is whitespace, punctuation, or a closing of the same type
     const nextChar = value[end] || '';
+    const prevChar = value[start - 1] || '';
+
     const insidePair = closing === nextChar;
     const safeNext = !isWordChar.test(nextChar) || punctuation.test(nextChar);
-    if (!insidePair && !safeNext) return;
+    const isSymmetric = evt.key === closing;
+
+    // Autoclose only when allowed
+    if (
+      !insidePair &&
+      (
+        !safeNext ||
+        (
+          isSymmetric &&
+          start === end &&
+          (
+            isWordChar.test(prevChar) || // end of word
+            prevChar === evt.key         // repeated quote
+          )
+        )
+      )
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     evt.preventDefault();
     textarea.selectionStart = textarea.selectionEnd = start;