Add caret position offset when using rtl option. Fixes #1788

src/lib/components/Keyboard.ts

@@ -1190,10 +1190,15 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
          * Tracks current cursor position
          * As keys are pressed, text will be added/removed at that position within the input.
          */
-        instance.setCaretPosition(
+        let selectionStart = event.target.selectionStart;
-          event.target.selectionStart,
+        let selectionEnd = event.target.selectionEnd;
-          event.target.selectionEnd
+
-        );
+        if(instance.options.rtl){
+          selectionStart = instance.utilities.getRtlOffset(selectionStart, instance.getInput());
+          selectionEnd = instance.utilities.getRtlOffset(selectionEnd, instance.getInput());
+        }
+
+        instance.setCaretPosition(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
 
         /**
          * Tracking current input in order to handle caret positioning edge cases

src/lib/components/tests/Keyboard.test.js

@@ -1352,3 +1352,53 @@ it('Keyboard will handle selected input with unchanged updatedInput edge case',
   expect(keyboard.getCaretPosition()).toBe(2);
   expect(keyboard.getCaretPositionEnd()).toBe(2);
 });
+
+it('Ensure caret position is offset when rtl option is enabled', () => {
+  const keyboard = new Keyboard({
+    useMouseEvents: true,
+    rtl: true,
+    layout: {
+      default: ["{bksp} ש ל ו ם"]
+    }
+  });
+
+  const caretEventHandler = jest.spyOn(keyboard, 'caretEventHandler');
+
+  keyboard.getButtonElement("ש").onclick();
+  keyboard.getButtonElement("ו").onclick();
+  keyboard.getButtonElement("ם").onclick();
+
+  expect(keyboard.getInput()).toBe("‫שום‬");
+
+  const input = document.createElement("input");
+  input.value = keyboard.getInput();
+  input.type = "text";
+  input.selectionStart = 2;
+  input.selectionEnd = 2;
+
+  keyboard.caretEventHandler({
+    type: "selectionchange",
+    target: input
+  });
+
+  expect(caretEventHandler).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  expect(keyboard.getCaretPosition()).toBe(1);
+
+  keyboard.getButtonElement("ל").onclick();
+
+  expect(keyboard.getInput()).toBe('‫שלום‬');
+
+  input.value = keyboard.getInput();
+  input.type = "text";
+  input.selectionStart = 4;
+  input.selectionEnd = 4;
+
+  keyboard.caretEventHandler({
+    type: "selectionchange",
+    target: input
+  });
+
+  keyboard.getButtonElement("{bksp}").onclick();
+  
+  expect(keyboard.getInput()).toBe('‫שלם‬');
+});

src/lib/services/Utilities.ts

@@ -539,6 +539,20 @@ class Utilities {
     return str.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, "\\$&");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Calculate caret position offset when using rtl option
+   */
+  getRtlOffset(index: number, input: string) {
+    let newIndex = index;
+    const startMarkerIndex = input.indexOf("\u202B");
+    const endMarkerIndex = input.indexOf("\u202C");
+
+    if(startMarkerIndex < index && startMarkerIndex != -1){ newIndex--; }
+    if(endMarkerIndex < index && startMarkerIndex != -1){ newIndex--; }
+
+    return newIndex < 0 ? 0 : newIndex;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Reusable empty function
    */