VSCodeVim / VSCodeVim/Vim

How to quit the keystroke displaying mode?

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Description

After input <> in Normal mode, I enter some wired mode, which I can not move the cursor nor input other commands, but showing the keystroke in status bar.
Only reopening the tab get me to the normal mode.

After I delete the vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive settings, the issue disappeared. Settings are as follows:

    "vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
        {
            "before": [
                "<C-n>"
            ],
            "commands": [
                "workbench.action.files.newUntitledFile"
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": [
                "u"
            ],
            "commands": [
                "undo"
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": [
                "<C-r>"
            ],
            "commands": [
                "redo"
            ]
        },
    ],

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in VSCodeVim with the shown vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive settings, then compare behavior after removing those settings. Start from the Normal mode keybinding path and the status-bar keystroke display; done means entering <> no longer traps the editor and normal commands and cursor movement work without reopening the tab.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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