diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
index 97fd9b2074f..d5228324966 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { emojiSearch } from 'pretty-text/emoji';
 import { emojiUrlFor } from 'discourse/lib/text';
 import { getRegister } from 'discourse-common/lib/get-owner';
 import { findRawTemplate } from 'discourse/lib/raw-templates';
+import { determinePostReplaceSelection } from 'discourse/lib/utilities';
 import deprecated from 'discourse-common/lib/deprecated';
 
 // Our head can be a static string or a function that returns a string
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
     const textarea = this.$('textarea.d-editor-input')[0];
 
     // Determine post-replace selection.
-    const newSelection = this._determinePostReplaceSelection({
+    const newSelection = determinePostReplaceSelection({
       selection: { start: textarea.selectionStart, end: textarea.selectionEnd },
       needle: { start: needleStart, end: needleStart + oldVal.length },
       replacement: { start: needleStart, end: needleStart + newVal.length }
@@ -548,36 +549,6 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
     this._selectText(newSelection.start, newSelection.end - newSelection.start);
   },
 
-  _determinePostReplaceSelection({ selection, needle, replacement }) {
-    const diff = (replacement.end - replacement.start) - (needle.end - needle.start);
-
-    if (selection.end <= needle.start) {
-      // Selection ends (and starts) before needle.
-      return { start: selection.start, end: selection.end };
-    } else if (selection.start <= needle.start) {
-      // Selection starts before needle...
-      if (selection.end < needle.end) {
-        // ... and ends inside needle.
-        return { start: selection.start, end: needle.start };
-      } else {
-        // ... and spans needle completely.
-        return { start: selection.start, end: selection.end + diff };
-      }
-    } else if (selection.start < needle.end) {
-      // Selection starts inside needle...
-      if (selection.end <= needle.end) {
-        // ... and ends inside needle.
-        return { start: replacement.end, end: replacement.end };
-      } else {
-        // ... and spans end of needle.
-        return { start: replacement.end, end: selection.end + diff };
-      }
-    } else {
-      // Selection starts (and ends) behind needle.
-      return { start: selection.start + diff, end: selection.end + diff };
-    }
-  },
-
   _addText(sel, text) {
     const $textarea = this.$('textarea.d-editor-input');
     const insert = `${sel.pre}${text}`;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js.es6
index fcf67375273..27b55bbdd74 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js.es6
@@ -300,5 +300,35 @@ export function defaultHomepage() {
   return Discourse.SiteSettings.top_menu.split("|")[0].split(",")[0];
 }
 
+export function determinePostReplaceSelection({ selection, needle, replacement }) {
+  const diff = (replacement.end - replacement.start) - (needle.end - needle.start);
+
+  if (selection.end <= needle.start) {
+    // Selection ends (and starts) before needle.
+    return { start: selection.start, end: selection.end };
+  } else if (selection.start <= needle.start) {
+    // Selection starts before needle...
+    if (selection.end < needle.end) {
+      // ... and ends inside needle.
+      return { start: selection.start, end: needle.start };
+    } else {
+      // ... and spans needle completely.
+      return { start: selection.start, end: selection.end + diff };
+    }
+  } else if (selection.start < needle.end) {
+    // Selection starts inside needle...
+    if (selection.end <= needle.end) {
+      // ... and ends inside needle.
+      return { start: replacement.end, end: replacement.end };
+    } else {
+      // ... and spans end of needle.
+      return { start: replacement.end, end: selection.end + diff };
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Selection starts (and ends) behind needle.
+    return { start: selection.start + diff, end: selection.end + diff };
+  }
+}
+
 // This prevents a mini racer crash
 export default {};