From bb027794ee0dea00f553660bd6f6279b14165409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: plebeius <tom@plebbitlabs.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:33:59 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(reply modal): keep textarea empty when opened from Post a
 Reply footer button

---
 src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx | 5 +++--
 src/stores/use-reply-modal-store.ts        | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
index c91e1309..3b60137f 100644
--- a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, parentNumber, threa
   const lastSelectionEndRef = useRef(0);
   const lastProcessedQuoteInsertRequestIdRef = useRef(0);
   const { selectedText } = useSelectedTextStore();
+  const openEmpty = useReplyModalStore((state) => state.openEmpty);
   const quoteInsertRequestId = useReplyModalStore((state) => state.quoteInsertRequestId);
   const quoteInsertNumber = useReplyModalStore((state) => state.quoteInsertNumber);
   const quoteInsertSelectedText = useReplyModalStore((state) => state.quoteInsertSelectedText);
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, parentNumber, threa
   useEffect(() => {
     if (showReplyModal && textRef.current) {
       textRef.current.spellcheck = false;
-      textRef.current.value = `${defaultParentQuote}${selectedText || ''}`;
+      textRef.current.value = openEmpty ? selectedText || '' : `${defaultParentQuote}${selectedText || ''}`;
       const len = textRef.current.value.length;
       lastSelectionStartRef.current = len;
       lastSelectionEndRef.current = len;
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, parentNumber, threa
         }
       }, 100);
     }
-  }, [showReplyModal, defaultParentQuote, selectedText]);
+  }, [showReplyModal, openEmpty, defaultParentQuote, selectedText]);
 
   const handleContentInput = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
     lastSelectionStartRef.current = e.target.selectionStart ?? e.target.value.length;
diff --git a/src/stores/use-reply-modal-store.ts b/src/stores/use-reply-modal-store.ts
index 1eb9b1b2..e810adcc 100644
--- a/src/stores/use-reply-modal-store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/use-reply-modal-store.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import useSelectedTextStore from './use-selected-text-store';
 
 interface ReplyModalState {
   showReplyModal: boolean;
+  /** True when opened via "Post a Reply" footer button — textarea should be empty, no quote. */
+  openEmpty: boolean;
   activeCid: string | null;
   parentNumber: number | null;
   threadNumber: number | null;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ const getQuotedSelection = () => {
 
 const useReplyModalStore = create<ReplyModalState>((set, get) => ({
   showReplyModal: false,
+  openEmpty: false,
   activeCid: null,
   parentNumber: null,
   threadNumber: null,
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ const useReplyModalStore = create<ReplyModalState>((set, get) => ({
     useSelectedTextStore.getState().resetSelectedText();
     set({
       showReplyModal: false,
+      openEmpty: false,
       activeCid: null,
       parentNumber: null,
       threadNumber: null,
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ const useReplyModalStore = create<ReplyModalState>((set, get) => ({
     const scrollY = isMobile ? window.scrollY : 0;
 
     set({
+      openEmpty: false,
       activeCid: postCid,
       parentNumber: parentNumber ?? null,
       threadNumber: threadNumber ?? null,
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ const useReplyModalStore = create<ReplyModalState>((set, get) => ({
     const isMobile = window.innerWidth <= 768;
     const scrollY = isMobile ? window.scrollY : 0;
     set({
+      openEmpty: true,
       activeCid: postCid,
       parentNumber: null,
       threadNumber: threadNumber ?? null,