NYTimes/ice — pull request #96 by jamienk (2013-12-16 01:11:15+00:00)
Title: default "space" when no selection so autocorrect works on Mobile Safa...

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If no range is selected when the user hits "space" -- and hence is not "overwriting" a selection -- then we should allow the "space" to pass through as default rather than inserting '\u00A0'. Allowing the space to be treated default makes auto-correct continue to work on (at least) iPhones, where the "space" event is what triggers auto-correct, auto-complete, auto-capitalization, 2 spaces marking the end of a sentence, etc. Otherwise, auto-correct breaks.