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Cursor jumps to end of line after expanding emmet in insert mode and changing to normal mode.

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What did you do?
  1. Use emmet in insert mode like div.example<tab>
  2. Press esc to enter normal mode
What did you expect to happen?

After I press <tab>, emmet expands the text and puts my cursor in between the

opening and closing tab. (This works)

After I enter normal mode, my cursor stays in the same place. (This doesn't)

What happened instead?

Instead, when I enter normal mode my cursor jumps to the end of line, I have to press b a couple times to get back to where a was.

Technical details:
  • VSCode Version: 1.8.1
  • VsCodeVim Version: 0.5.2
  • OS: macOS 10.12 (16A320)

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue by expanding div.example<Tab> in insert mode with Emmet, then pressing Esc to enter normal mode. Start by tracing the insert-to-normal transition and Emmet expansion handling; done means the cursor remains between the expanded opening and closing tags instead of jumping to the line end.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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