From b0aed393d67c1587a3412016ad309792e28a2da3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Overgaard <752371+iOvergaard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:04:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: keep the lead char when editing an existing link
 (#17667)

---
 .../src/common/services/tinymce.service.js                     | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
index 7ed6b9ee50..da1772d35d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
@@ -1216,10 +1216,9 @@ function tinyMceService($rootScope, $q, imageHelper, $locale, $http, $timeout, s
             target: anchor.attr("target")
           };
 
-          // drop the lead char from the anchor text, if it has a value
           var anchorVal = anchor[0].dataset.anchor;
           if (anchorVal) {
-            currentTarget.anchor = anchorVal.substring(1);
+            currentTarget.anchor = anchorVal;
           }
 
           //locallink detection, we do this here, to avoid poluting the editorService