From 84888c25dd0ca477b38908a938ad60a7c0428a50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Sung <6445410+seoulection@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 03:13:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] remove last newlines if backspace ends up on newline (#4322)
 seoulection

---
 frontend/src/ts/controllers/input-controller.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/controllers/input-controller.ts b/frontend/src/ts/controllers/input-controller.ts
index 981e4231d..74f15337a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/controllers/input-controller.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/controllers/input-controller.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,19 @@ function backspaceToPrevious(): void {
   Funbox.toggleScript(TestWords.words.getCurrent());
   TestUI.updateWordElement();
 
+  if (Config.mode === "zen") {
+    const els: HTMLElement[] = (document.querySelector("#words")?.children ||
+      []) as HTMLElement[];
+
+    for (let i = els.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      if (els[i].classList.contains("newline")) {
+        els[i].remove();
+      } else {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   Caret.updatePosition();
   Replay.addReplayEvent("backWord");
 }