Update webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>

Author: nickchomey

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx

@@ -622,11 +622,15 @@ const ChatViewComponent: React.ForwardRefRenderFunction<ChatViewRef, ChatViewPro
 		disableAutoScrollRef.current = false
 	}, [])
 
+	// Utility function to validate mentions
+	const isValidMention = (mention: string): boolean => {
+		const trimmed = mention?.trim() || "";
+		return !!trimmed && trimmed !== "@" && trimmed !== "@/";
+	};
+
 	const handleAddMention = useCallback((mention: string) => {
 		// Validate mention before adding - skip empty or invalid mentions
-		const trimmed = mention?.trim() || "";
-		if (!trimmed || trimmed === "@" || trimmed === "@/") {
-			return;
+		if (!isValidMention(mention)) {
 		}
 		// Check for duplicates before adding
 		setContextMentions((prev) => {