Fixed Stat+color markup bullet point icon handling causing visual glitches

features/eid_api.lua

@@ -1321,12 +1321,21 @@ end
 ---@param text string
 ---@return string, string?
 function EID:handleBulletpointIcon(text)
-	local firstWord = EID:removeColorMarkup(string.match(text, "([^%s]+)"))
-	if EID:getIcon(firstWord) ~= EID.InlineIcons["ERROR"] and string.find(firstWord, "{{.-}}")~=nil then
-		if not EID.Config["StatAndPickupBulletpoints"] and EID.StatPickupBulletpointBlacklist[firstWord] then
-			return "\007", firstWord
+	-- Find the position where '}}' is followed by a space or letter
+	local firstMarkupPos, _ = string.find(text, "{{.-}}")
+	local startPos, endPos = string.find(text, "}}%s")
+
+	-- check if string starts with markup and has 
+	if firstMarkupPos and startPos and firstMarkupPos == 1 then
+		-- The split should be right after '}}', so adjust the position
+		local firstWord = string.sub(text, 1, endPos - 1)
+		firstWord = EID:removeColorMarkup(firstWord)
+		if EID:getIcon(firstWord) ~= EID.InlineIcons["ERROR"] and string.find(firstWord, "{{.-}}")~=nil then
+			if not EID.Config["StatAndPickupBulletpoints"] and EID.StatPickupBulletpointBlacklist[firstWord] then
+				return "\007", firstWord
+			end
+			return firstWord
 		end
-		return firstWord
 	end
 	return "\007"
 end

main.lua

@@ -753,14 +753,17 @@ function EID:printBulletPoints(description, renderPos)
 			if i == 1 then
 				local bpIcon, rejectedIcon = EID:handleBulletpointIcon(lineToPrint)
 				if EID:getIcon(bpIcon) ~= EID.InlineIcons["ERROR"] then
-					lineToPrint = string.gsub(lineToPrint, bpIcon .. " ", "", 1)
+					lineToPrint = string.gsub(lineToPrint, bpIcon, "", 1)
 					textColor =	EID:renderString(bpIcon, renderPos + Vector(-3 * EID.Scale, 0), textScale , textColor, true)
 				else
-					if rejectedIcon then lineToPrint = string.gsub(lineToPrint, rejectedIcon .. " ", "", 1) end
+					if rejectedIcon then lineToPrint = string.gsub(lineToPrint, rejectedIcon, "", 1) end
 					textColor =	EID:renderString(bpIcon, renderPos, textScale , textColor)
 				end
 				EID.LastRenderCallColor = EID:copyKColor(textColor) -- Save line start Color for eventual Color Reset call
 			end
+			-- Remove leading spaces
+			lineToPrint = lineToPrint:match('^%s*(.*)')
+			-- render text
 			textColor =	EID:renderString(lineToPrint, renderPos + Vector(12 * EID.Scale, 0), textScale, textColor)
 				renderPos.Y = renderPos.Y + EID.lineHeight * EID.Scale
 		end