Fixing toInitials bug that truncates custom initials (#6346)

richardtorres314 · web-flow · commit c0255a510bd9 · 2022-11-07T09:27:49.000-07:00
diff --git a/src/components/avatar/__snapshots__/avatar.test.tsx.snap b/src/components/avatar/__snapshots__/avatar.test.tsx.snap
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ exports[`EuiAvatar props initials is rendered 1`] = `
   <span
     aria-hidden="true"
   >
-    l
+    lo
   </span>
 </div>
 `;
diff --git a/src/services/string/to_initials.ts b/src/services/string/to_initials.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function toInitials(
 ): string | null {
   // Calculate the number of initials to show, maxing out at MAX_INITIALS
   let calculatedInitialsLength: number = initials
-    ? initials.split(' ').length
+    ? initials.split('').length
     : name.split(' ').length;
 
   calculatedInitialsLength =
diff --git a/upcoming_changelogs/6346.md b/upcoming_changelogs/6346.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Fixed bug in `to_initials` that truncates custom initials

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@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ exports[`EuiAvatar props initials is rendered 1`] = `
`179`	`179`	`<span`
`180`	`180`	`aria-hidden="true"`
`181`	`181`	`>`
`182`		`- l`
	`182`	`+ lo`
`183`	`183`	`</span>`
`184`	`184`	`</div>`
`185`	`185`	`;
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`@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@`
	`1`	`+Bug fixes`
	`2`	`+`
	`3`	+- Fixed bug in `to_initials` that truncates custom initials