some styles require a preceding whitespace while some do not

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Action Performed:

1. open a chat
2. try bold/italics/strike-through/inline-code once with a preceding whitespace and once without that

Expected results:

all styles should be applied in absence of a whitespace

Actual results:

only inline-code works without whitespace and others don't. No consistency is there.

Workaround:

Can the user still use Expensify without this being fixed? Have you informed them of the workaround?

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.8.8
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

bandicam.2023-04-29.21-20-35-201.mp4

Recording.426.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @chiragxarora
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1682784275262739

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @michaelhaxhiu (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Bug0 Triage Checklist (Main S/O)

• This "bug" occurs on a supported platform (ensure Platforms in OP are ✅)
• This bug is not a duplicate report (check E/App issues and #expensify-bugs)
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[MelvinBot]

@michaelhaxhiu Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[melvin-bot]

@michaelhaxhiu Huh... This is 4 days overdue. Who can take care of this?

[michaelhaxhiu]

hmm this one is a little conflicting 🤔 I think is a little inconsistent, but would be good to get engineering input on whether it's a bug or feature. This feels like a bug to me... the only time the "style" takes effect without a whitespace is when you wrap it in backticks (`).

[michaelhaxhiu]

I'll post on the slack thread - https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1683577279231859?thread_ts=1682784275.262739&cid=C049HHMV9SM

[michaelhaxhiu]

I am not going to push this forward until we get more input form team. I'm re-assigning the label because I'm preparing to go OOO.

I left this checkbox un-checked because I'm unsure about the validity of this one. Did my best to push things forward!

• This "bug" occurs on a supported platform (ensure Platforms in OP are ✅)

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @strepanier03 (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[michaelhaxhiu]

I'll grab this back, working a few hours from airport and the thread post is leaning toward "this is a feature not a bug". Closing for now.