From c29b4b335295da9929b88a835a43534fa074bb77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mic <m@micz.it>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:45:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] userInput is now an array. see #525 #554

---
 api_webchat/controller.js | 11 +++++++++--
 js/mzta-menus.js          |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api_webchat/controller.js b/api_webchat/controller.js
index 8b722a25..2525069e 100644
--- a/api_webchat/controller.js
+++ b/api_webchat/controller.js
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
             }
             break;
         case 'api_send_custom_text':
-            let userInput = message.custom_text;
+            let userInput = message.custom_text;    // From version 4.0.0 this is an array
                 if(userInput !== null) {
                     if(!placeholdersUtils.hasPlaceholder(promptData.prompt, 'additional_text')){
                         // no additional_text placeholder, do as usual
@@ -270,7 +270,14 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
                     }else{
                         // we have the additional_text placeholder, do the magic!
                         let finalSubs = {};
-                        finalSubs["additional_text"] = userInput;
+                        
+                        if (Array.isArray(userInput)) {
+                            userInput.forEach(obj => {
+                                finalSubs[obj.placeholder.replace(/^{%|%}$/g, '').trim()] = obj.custom_text;
+                            });
+                        } else {
+                            finalSubs["additional_text"] = userInput;
+                        }
                         promptData.prompt = placeholdersUtils.replacePlaceholders({
                             text: promptData.prompt,
                             replacements: finalSubs,
diff --git a/js/mzta-menus.js b/js/mzta-menus.js
index 4d04dcaf..b29ad6cc 100644
--- a/js/mzta-menus.js
+++ b/js/mzta-menus.js
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ export class mzta_Menus {
                 only_quoted_text: only_quoted_text,
                 tags_full_list: tags_full_list
             });
+
+            curr_prompt.custom_text_array = {};
+
+            if(placeholdersUtils.hasPlaceholder(curr_prompt.text, 'additional_text')){
+                curr_prompt.custom_text_array = placeholdersUtils.getPlaceholdersAdditionalTextArray(curr_prompt.text);
+            }
+            console.log(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> curr_prompt.custom_text_array: " + JSON.stringify(curr_prompt.custom_text_array));
             
             switch(curr_prompt.id){
                 case 'prompt_translate_this':