diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index 0d64a024b..0f6fa933a 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
   setText: (text) ->
     @editor.setText(text)
 
+  insertText: (text) ->
+    @editor.insertText(text)
+
   requestDisplayUpdate: -> # No-op shim for find-and-replace
 
   updateDisplay: -> # No-op shim for package specs