Bug: Cursor Look Inconsistency In Visual Mode
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Description
Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one):
BUG REPORT
Environment:
- VSCode Version: 1.19.1
- VsCodeVim Version: 0.10.6
- OS: Windows
What happened:
In visual mode, when selecting till the end of a line with $, cursor moves to the beginning of next line and becomes a |, like insert mode.
What did you expect to happen:
- Cursor should stay at the end of the line.
- Cursor should be a thick rectangle
▮in visual mode.
How to reproduce it:
v$
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported behavior in VS Code using the v$ sequence while in visual mode, checking both the cursor position and shape. Trace the visual-mode cursor handling from that entry point, then verify that the cursor remains at the line end and uses the thick rectangle appearance.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100