From 5c9257bf73b44457a2e9356da767b9fd46801525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dade Cook <dadecook@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 08:48:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(type): fix setSelectionRange (#373)

Closes #369
Closes #346
---
 src/type.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/type.js b/src/type.js
index fbf26f98..8e428ff2 100644
--- a/src/type.js
+++ b/src/type.js
@@ -61,12 +61,19 @@ async function typeImpl(
     // The reason we have to do this at all is because it actually *is*
     // programmatically changed by fireEvent.input, so we have to simulate the
     // browser's default behavior
-    if (currentValue() === newValue) {
+    const value = currentValue()
+
+    if (value === newValue) {
       setSelectionRangeIfNecessary(
         currentElement(),
         newSelectionStart,
         newSelectionStart,
       )
+    } else {
+      // If the currentValue is different than the expected newValue and we *can*
+      // change the selection range, than we should set it to the length of the
+      // currentValue to ensure that the browser behavior is mimicked.
+      setSelectionRangeIfNecessary(currentElement(), value.length, value.length)
     }
   }