From 420eef4d91d6c5810b4e9dbda1e87e9f0e6d8dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James <james@trbl.design>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:39:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: safely handles rich text deselection

---
 src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/RichText.tsx | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/RichText.tsx b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/RichText.tsx
index 4c18ea9e4c..2ba2a11390 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/RichText.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/RichText.tsx
@@ -206,9 +206,10 @@ const RichText: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
   }, [loaded, readOnly]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    // If there is a change to the initial value, we need to reset Slate
+    // to the new initial value, and clear selection
     if (Array.isArray(initialValue) && initialValue.length > 0) {
-      const point = { path: [0, 0], offset: 0 };
-      editor.selection = { anchor: point, focus: point };
+      if (editor.selection) ReactEditor.deselect(editor);
       editor.history = { redos: [], undos: [] };
       editor.children = initialValue;
     }