Sync insert mode across tabs

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What did you do?

Have two tabs open one in insert mode and one in normal mode, move to the other tab

What did you expect to happen?

The cursor to remain in the current mode

What happened instead?

The tab that was entered remembered its own cursor state

Technical details:

• VSCode Version: 1.10.2
• VsCodeVim Version: latest
• OS: osSierra

I find myself making mistakes A LOT because of this...

In vanilla vim it is not possible to switch tabs without being in normal mode..In gvim if you change the cursor state and then click on a tab, the current cursor state will follow to the new tab regardless of the old state within the tab.

Since VSCode most resembles gvim, and one can click on a new tab to change it, I believe the cursor state should follow into the new tab. Is this possible with VSCode?

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the behavior with two tabs in different modes and trace how tab changes and mode state are handled. Done means switching tabs carries the current mode into the newly selected tab instead of restoring that tab's previous mode.