From fe5aef8b4e9632f0bb7c960fdc3c2011dc32d584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Wilde <alexander@salesseek.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 16:15:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix deleting backwards when there are only inlines
 (unfortunaly it deletes all inlines)

---
 packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js b/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
index 1a13fa9a44..2d40cd8346 100644
--- a/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
+++ b/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
@@ -377,9 +377,10 @@ Commands.deleteBackwardAtRange = (editor, range, n = 1) => {
   let node = text
   let offset = 0
   let traversed = focus.offset
+  let prevNode = document.getPreviousText(node.key)
 
-  while (n > traversed) {
-    node = document.getPreviousText(node.key)
+  while (prevNode && n > traversed) {
+    node = prevNode
     const next = traversed + node.text.length
 
     if (n <= next) {
@@ -388,6 +389,8 @@ Commands.deleteBackwardAtRange = (editor, range, n = 1) => {
     } else {
       traversed = next
     }
+
+    prevNode = document.getPreviousText(node.key)
   }
 
   range = range.moveAnchorTo(node.key, offset)

From 754a8f49ea4d1d03780a9ddddf637da56f0bf3de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Wilde <alexander@salesseek.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 16:33:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix support for deleting inlines. Can now delete inlines
 1 by 1

---
 packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js | 40 ++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js b/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
index 2d40cd8346..302150ed2d 100644
--- a/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
+++ b/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
@@ -375,26 +375,38 @@ Commands.deleteBackwardAtRange = (editor, range, n = 1) => {
 
   // Otherwise, we need to see how many nodes backwards to go.
   let node = text
-  let offset = 0
   let traversed = focus.offset
-  let prevNode = document.getPreviousText(node.key)
+  const prevSibling = document.getPreviousSibling(node.key)
 
-  while (prevNode && n > traversed) {
-    node = prevNode
-    const next = traversed + node.text.length
+  // If the next sibling is an inline, has no text and the focus offset is 0,
+  // then delete the inline
+  if (
+    traversed === 0 &&
+    Inline.isInline(prevSibling) &&
+    prevSibling.text === ''
+  ) {
+    editor.removeNodeByKey(prevSibling.key)
+  } else {
+    let offset = 0
+    let prevNode = document.getPreviousText(node.key)
 
-    if (n <= next) {
-      offset = next - n
-      break
-    } else {
-      traversed = next
+    while (prevNode && n > traversed) {
+      node = prevNode
+      const next = traversed + node.text.length
+
+      if (n <= next) {
+        offset = next - n
+        break
+      } else {
+        traversed = next
+      }
+
+      prevNode = document.getPreviousText(node.key)
     }
 
-    prevNode = document.getPreviousText(node.key)
+    range = range.moveAnchorTo(node.key, offset)
+    editor.deleteAtRange(range)
   }
-
-  range = range.moveAnchorTo(node.key, offset)
-  editor.deleteAtRange(range)
 }
 
 /**