RichText: fix splitValue with undefined selection (#39822)

WordPress · Mar 28, 2022 · 3dddb15 · 3dddb15
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diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/split-value.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/split-value.js
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ export function splitValue( {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	// Ensure the value has a selection. This might happen when trying to split
+	// an empty value before there was a `selectionchange` event.
+	const { start = 0, end = 0 } = value;
+	const valueWithEnsuredSelection = { ...value, start, end };
 	const blocks = [];
-	const [ before, after ] = split( value );
+	const [ before, after ] = split( valueWithEnsuredSelection );
 	const hasPastedBlocks = pastedBlocks.length > 0;
 	let lastPastedBlockIndex = -1;