From 0aa70239fe6e8bc8dc65cfb487b53dfd83fae5de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kernelkind <kernelkind@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 16:49:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove # char if user inserted it

Signed-off-by: kernelkind <kernelkind@gmail.com>
---
 crates/notedeck_columns/src/ui/add_column.rs | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/notedeck_columns/src/ui/add_column.rs b/crates/notedeck_columns/src/ui/add_column.rs
index e4ff6b69..0e07e79f 100644
--- a/crates/notedeck_columns/src/ui/add_column.rs
+++ b/crates/notedeck_columns/src/ui/add_column.rs
@@ -776,7 +776,8 @@ pub fn hashtag_ui(
             .add_sized(egui::vec2(50.0, 40.0), add_column_button())
             .clicked()
         {
-            let resp = AddColumnOption::Hashtag(text_buffer.to_owned()).take_as_response(ndb, None);
+            let resp =
+                AddColumnOption::Hashtag(sanitize_hashtag(text_buffer)).take_as_response(ndb, None);
             id_string_map.remove(&id);
             resp
         } else {
@@ -786,6 +787,10 @@ pub fn hashtag_ui(
     .inner
 }
 
+fn sanitize_hashtag(raw_hashtag: &str) -> String {
+    raw_hashtag.replace("#", "")
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;