From 7bd01516f4c7e74b8e766a7ec3f5e5520b6d0caa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Audric Ackermann <audric@loki.network>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:48:45 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] trim pubkey when user can enter one to remove whitespaces

---
 ts/components/session/LeftPaneContactSection.tsx | 2 +-
 ts/components/session/LeftPaneMessageSection.tsx | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ts/components/session/LeftPaneContactSection.tsx b/ts/components/session/LeftPaneContactSection.tsx
index ad84635b7..e78c14005 100644
--- a/ts/components/session/LeftPaneContactSection.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/session/LeftPaneContactSection.tsx
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export class LeftPaneContactSection extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   }
 
   private handleOnAddContact() {
-    const sessionID = this.state.addContactRecipientID;
+    const sessionID = this.state.addContactRecipientID.trim();
     const error = validateNumber(sessionID, window.i18n);
 
     if (error) {
diff --git a/ts/components/session/LeftPaneMessageSection.tsx b/ts/components/session/LeftPaneMessageSection.tsx
index 16bc9871c..0f7eba2ca 100644
--- a/ts/components/session/LeftPaneMessageSection.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/session/LeftPaneMessageSection.tsx
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ export class LeftPaneMessageSection extends React.Component<Props, any> {
     }
     let pubkey: string;
     pubkey = this.state.pubKeyPasted || this.props.searchTerm;
+    pubkey = pubkey.trim();
 
     const error = validateNumber(pubkey);
     if (!error) {