From 341d3ebcf78693139da90f24896d8a18b18da409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sale Djenic <aleksandardjenic@status.im>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:58:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: typing in `<` in the input box deletes everything
 afterwards in

Fixes: #2267
---
 ui/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml b/ui/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
index 1bbaf3444c..a9fd2a5aab 100644
--- a/ui/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
+++ b/ui/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
@@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ Rectangle {
             // TODO use the new formatInputMessage function instead
             const plainText = getPlainText()
             const newText = parseBackText(plainText)
+            const finalText = newText.replace("<", "&lt;")
+
             messageInputField.remove(0, messageInputField.length)
-            insertInTextInput(0, newText)
+            insertInTextInput(0, finalText)
         } else {
             if (event.key === Qt.Key_Asterisk ||
                 event.key === Qt.Key_QuoteLeft ||