From c565ad1f52f43f22e7f80c4f37cd726e302c1d9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Chen <jhchen7@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 20:57:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ignore top level whitespace, fixes #1244

---
 modules/clipboard.js           | 3 +++
 test/unit/modules/clipboard.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/clipboard.js b/modules/clipboard.js
index a55321bd1e..4640d23303 100644
--- a/modules/clipboard.js
+++ b/modules/clipboard.js
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ function matchText(node, delta) {
   if (node.parentNode.tagName === 'O:P') {
     return delta.insert(text.trim());
   }
+  if (text.trim().length === 0 && node.parentNode.classList.contains('ql-clipboard')) {
+    return delta;
+  }
   if (!computeStyle(node.parentNode).whiteSpace.startsWith('pre')) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line func-style
     let replacer = function(collapse, match) {
diff --git a/test/unit/modules/clipboard.js b/test/unit/modules/clipboard.js
index 8a96c48e40..5c3017f0a4 100644
--- a/test/unit/modules/clipboard.js
+++ b/test/unit/modules/clipboard.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('Clipboard', function() {
     });
 
     it('intentional whitespace', function() {
-      let html = '0&nbsp;<strong>1</strong>&nbsp;2';
+      let html = '<span>0&nbsp;<strong>1</strong>&nbsp;2</span>';
       let delta = this.clipboard.convert(html);
       expect(delta).toEqual(new Delta().insert('0\u00a0').insert('1', { bold: true }).insert('\u00a02'));
     });