From 04a0677704af2f5e3c2bd05032dcbbcefc99dda5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bohan Jiang <52446949+Bohan-J@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:14:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(markdown): keep dollar amounts literal in editor (#4084)

Co-authored-by: J <j@multica.ai>
Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
---
 packages/views/editor/extensions/math.test.ts | 86 +++++++++++++++++++
 packages/views/editor/extensions/math.tsx     | 39 +--------
 2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/views/editor/extensions/math.test.ts

diff --git a/packages/views/editor/extensions/math.test.ts b/packages/views/editor/extensions/math.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ea5c872c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/views/editor/extensions/math.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { Editor } from "@tiptap/core";
+import StarterKit from "@tiptap/starter-kit";
+import { Markdown } from "@tiptap/markdown";
+import { BlockMathExtension, InlineMathExtension } from "./math";
+
+const FINANCE_TEXT =
+  "Revenue increased from $100~$120 in Q1 to $140~$160 in Q2.";
+
+interface JsonNode {
+  type?: string;
+  attrs?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  content?: JsonNode[];
+}
+
+function makeEditor() {
+  const element = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.appendChild(element);
+  return new Editor({
+    element,
+    extensions: [
+      StarterKit,
+      BlockMathExtension,
+      InlineMathExtension,
+      Markdown.configure({ indentation: { style: "space", size: 3 } }),
+    ],
+  });
+}
+
+function findAll(node: JsonNode, type: string, acc: JsonNode[] = []): JsonNode[] {
+  if (node.type === type) acc.push(node);
+  for (const child of node.content ?? []) findAll(child, type, acc);
+  return acc;
+}
+
+function typeText(editor: Editor, text: string) {
+  for (const ch of text) {
+    const { from, to } = editor.state.selection;
+    const handled = editor.view.someProp("handleTextInput", (handler) =>
+      handler(editor.view, from, to, ch, () => editor.state.tr),
+    );
+    if (!handled) editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr.insertText(ch, from, to));
+  }
+}
+
+let editor: Editor | null = null;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  editor?.destroy();
+  editor = null;
+  document.body.innerHTML = "";
+});
+
+describe("math editor extension", () => {
+  it("keeps typed single-dollar amounts as literal text", () => {
+    editor = makeEditor();
+
+    typeText(editor, FINANCE_TEXT);
+
+    expect(findAll(editor.getJSON() as JsonNode, "inlineMath")).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(editor.getText()).toBe(FINANCE_TEXT);
+    expect(editor.getMarkdown().trim()).toBe(FINANCE_TEXT);
+  });
+
+  it("parses single-dollar markdown as literal text", () => {
+    editor = makeEditor();
+
+    editor.commands.setContent(FINANCE_TEXT, { contentType: "markdown" });
+
+    expect(findAll(editor.getJSON() as JsonNode, "inlineMath")).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(editor.getText()).toBe(FINANCE_TEXT);
+    expect(editor.getMarkdown().trim()).toBe(FINANCE_TEXT);
+  });
+
+  it("still parses explicit display math blocks", () => {
+    editor = makeEditor();
+    const markdown = "$$\nx^2 + y^2 = z^2\n$$";
+
+    editor.commands.setContent(markdown, { contentType: "markdown" });
+
+    const blocks = findAll(editor.getJSON() as JsonNode, "blockMath");
+    expect(blocks).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(blocks[0]?.attrs?.expression).toBe("x^2 + y^2 = z^2");
+    expect(editor.getMarkdown().trim()).toBe(markdown);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/views/editor/extensions/math.tsx b/packages/views/editor/extensions/math.tsx
index d8820ef22..b24d6d217 100644
--- a/packages/views/editor/extensions/math.tsx
+++ b/packages/views/editor/extensions/math.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import katex from "katex";
-import { Node, mergeAttributes, nodeInputRule } from "@tiptap/core";
+import { Node, mergeAttributes } from "@tiptap/core";
 import { ReactNodeViewRenderer, NodeViewWrapper } from "@tiptap/react";
 import type { NodeViewProps } from "@tiptap/react";
 
@@ -82,45 +82,14 @@ export const InlineMathExtension = Node.create({
     ];
   },
 
-  markdownTokenizer: {
-    name: "inlineMath",
-    level: "inline" as const,
-    start(src: string) {
-      return src.indexOf("$");
-    },
-    tokenize(src: string) {
-      if (!src.startsWith("$") || src.startsWith("$$")) return undefined;
-      const match = src.match(/^\$((?:\\.|[^$\\\n])+?)\$/);
-      if (!match) return undefined;
-      return {
-        type: "inlineMath",
-        raw: match[0],
-        attributes: { expression: match[1] },
-      };
-    },
-  },
-
-  parseMarkdown: (token: any, helpers: any) => {
-    return helpers.createNode("inlineMath", token.attributes);
-  },
-
+  // Single-dollar inline math is intentionally not parsed from Markdown and has
+  // no typing input rule. Dollar amounts like `$100~$120` must stay literal;
+  // users should write explicit `$$...$$` blocks for math.
   renderMarkdown: (node: any) => {
     const expression = String(node.attrs?.expression ?? "");
     return `$${expression}$`;
   },
 
-  addInputRules() {
-    return [
-      nodeInputRule({
-        find: /\$(?:\\.|[^$\\\n])+\$$/,
-        type: this.type,
-        getAttributes: (match) => ({
-          expression: match[0].slice(1, -1),
-        }),
-      }),
-    ];
-  },
-
   addNodeView() {
     return ReactNodeViewRenderer(InlineMathView);
   },