diff --git a/javascript/edit-attention.js b/javascript/edit-attention.js
index 943d81b08..df218c1e4 100644
--- a/javascript/edit-attention.js
+++ b/javascript/edit-attention.js
@@ -18,22 +18,11 @@ function keyupEditAttention(event) {
         const before = text.substring(0, selectionStart);
         let beforeParen = before.lastIndexOf(OPEN);
         if (beforeParen == -1) return false;
-        let beforeParenClose = before.lastIndexOf(CLOSE);
-        while (beforeParenClose !== -1 && beforeParenClose > beforeParen) {
-            beforeParen = before.lastIndexOf(OPEN, beforeParen - 1);
-            beforeParenClose = before.lastIndexOf(CLOSE, beforeParenClose - 1);
-        }
 
         // Find closing parenthesis around current cursor
         const after = text.substring(selectionStart);
         let afterParen = after.indexOf(CLOSE);
         if (afterParen == -1) return false;
-        let afterParenOpen = after.indexOf(OPEN);
-        while (afterParenOpen !== -1 && afterParen > afterParenOpen) {
-            afterParen = after.indexOf(CLOSE, afterParen + 1);
-            afterParenOpen = after.indexOf(OPEN, afterParenOpen + 1);
-        }
-        if (beforeParen === -1 || afterParen === -1) return false;
 
         // Set the selection to the text between the parenthesis
         const parenContent = text.substring(beforeParen + 1, selectionStart + afterParen);
@@ -53,7 +42,7 @@ function keyupEditAttention(event) {
             delimiters += whitespace_delimiters[i];
         }
 
-        // seek backward until to find beggining
+        // seek backward to find beginning
         while (!delimiters.includes(text[selectionStart - 1]) && selectionStart > 0) {
             selectionStart--;
         }