`<S-Insert>` pastes text into document, not command line
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Description
in search mode, shift+insert inserts into the text instead of the command bar.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- in normal mode, hit '/' to go into search
- press 'shift+insert' to paste a search term from selection buffer (clipboard)
- the search term gets pasted into the document
Expected behavior
The command bar says /searchterm, so i can search for what i pasted
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in VSCodeVim's search mode: enter search with '/', then press Shift+Insert with text in the selection buffer. Trace the key handling and command-bar behavior; done means the pasted term appears after '/' in the command bar and does not enter the document.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100