From 7851b6414b6df8cc8990124371447eca1382d957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Bailey <git@esb.lol>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 16:45:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix emoji autocomplete

---
 src/components/Composer/index.tsx | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/Composer/index.tsx b/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
index 3c21ede135..fe2e45cac5 100644
--- a/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
@@ -396,7 +396,11 @@ function AutocompleteInner({
   })
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (activeFacet?.type === 'emoji' && activeFacet.raw.endsWith(':')) {
+    if (
+      activeFacet?.type === 'emoji' &&
+      !!activeFacet.value.length &&
+      activeFacet.raw.endsWith(':')
+    ) {
       if (items?.[0]) {
         activeFacet.replace(items[0].value, {noTrailingSpace: true})
         onDismiss()