Problems with multiple cursors
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Description
- VSCode Version: Latest
- VsCodeVim Version: Latest
- OS: OSX
What happened: In insert mode, pressed command-d to enter multiple cursors mode. Selected the two words on the current line, but would not move past current line.
What did you expect to happen:
Multiple cursors to select past the current line
How to reproduce it:
Insert mode, over word, command-d
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in VS Code on OSX using insert mode over a word and Command-D. Start by tracing the insert-mode Command-D mapping and compare it with VS Code's multiple-cursor behavior; done when the selection can continue past the current line as expected.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100