From 55be6de5ec8b0726b75b5e8bb687f8086180a5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dwelle <5153846+dwelle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:47:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: caret not showing in Safari for empty wysiwyg

---
 packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
index efe27bc6eb..b9f6cefbc4 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
   editable.dataset.type = "wysiwyg";
   // prevent line wrapping on Safari
   editable.wrap = "off";
+  // set &nbsp; placeholder fix for Safari not showing caret for empty textarea
+  editable.placeholder = "\u00A0";
   editable.classList.add("excalidraw-wysiwyg");
 
   let whiteSpace = "pre";