diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/editor.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/editor.cljs
index c5fbaa343..cf5382bc6 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/editor.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/editor.cljs
@@ -683,9 +683,11 @@
                             last-input-char (util/nth-safe value (dec current-pos))]
                         (case last-input-char
                           "/"
-                          (when-let [matched-commands (seq (editor-handler/get-matched-commands input))]
-                            (reset! *slash-caret-pos (util/get-caret-pos input))
-                            (reset! *show-commands true))
+                          (let [prev-char (util/nth-safe value (dec (dec current-pos)))]
+                            (when (string/blank? prev-char)
+                              (when-let [matched-commands (seq (editor-handler/get-matched-commands input))]
+                                (reset! *slash-caret-pos (util/get-caret-pos input))
+                                (reset! *show-commands true))))
                           "<"
                           (when-let [matched-commands (seq (editor-handler/get-matched-block-commands input))]
                             (reset! *angle-bracket-caret-pos (util/get-caret-pos input))