From 2991535624c2def824ae475f4fdd44cd7948133e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pradeepkumar <kongupradeep@live.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:08:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve expertise input handling to prevent character
 loss during comma-separated editing

---
 src/app/dashboard/cms/page.tsx | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/cms/page.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/cms/page.tsx
index 19f2aad..1691e3f 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/cms/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/cms/page.tsx
@@ -143,6 +143,48 @@ function emptyStatItem(): StatItem {
 const inputCls = 'w-full px-3 py-2 border border-[#e5e7eb] rounded-xl focus:outline-none focus:border-[#f5a623] text-[#00293d] bg-white placeholder:text-[#666666]';
 const textareaCls = inputCls;
 
+// Expertise input keeps its own raw-text state so the user can type commas
+// without the display being destructively re-derived from the parsed array
+// (which was dropping trailing commas mid-typing and merging new tokens into
+// the previous one).
+function ExpertiseInput({
+  value,
+  onChange,
+}: {
+  value: string[];
+  onChange: (next: string[]) => void;
+}) {
+  const [raw, setRaw] = useState<string>(() => value.join(', '));
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const currentParsed = raw.split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+    const matches =
+      currentParsed.length === value.length &&
+      currentParsed.every((v, i) => v === value[i]);
+    if (!matches) setRaw(value.join(', '));
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [value]);
+
+  return (
+    <input
+      type="text"
+      className={inputCls}
+      value={raw}
+      onChange={(e) => {
+        const next = e.target.value;
+        setRaw(next);
+        onChange(next.split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean));
+      }}
+      onBlur={() => {
+        const parsed = raw.split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+        setRaw(parsed.join(', '));
+        onChange(parsed);
+      }}
+      placeholder="Expertise (comma-separated)"
+    />
+  );
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Page component
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -828,7 +870,7 @@ export default function CmsPage() {
                 <input type="text" className={inputCls} value={item.location} onChange={(e) => updateItem(idx, { location: e.target.value })} placeholder="Location" />
                 <input type="text" className={inputCls} value={item.experience} onChange={(e) => updateItem(idx, { experience: e.target.value })} placeholder="Experience" />
               </div>
-              <input type="text" className={inputCls} value={item.expertise.join(', ')} onChange={(e) => updateItem(idx, { expertise: e.target.value.split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean) })} placeholder="Expertise (comma-separated)" />
+              <ExpertiseInput value={item.expertise} onChange={(next) => updateItem(idx, { expertise: next })} />
               <input type="text" className={inputCls} value={item.imageUrl} onChange={(e) => updateItem(idx, { imageUrl: e.target.value })} placeholder="Image URL" />
             </div>
           ))}