Go To Reference activates visual mode
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Description
Describe the bug
Go To Reference activates visual mode
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Run GoToReferences on function
- Select reference
- See mode
Expected behavior
I think It should not activate visual mode
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Environment (please complete the following information):
- Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 1.21.10
- VSCode version: 1.61.2
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Additional context
Code to reproduce
def foo():
pass
def bar():
foo()
def main():
foo() # <- Run Go To References
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in VSCodeVim with the GoToReferences command and inspect the command handling for selecting a reference. Confirm that selecting a reference completes without entering visual mode, using the Python example from the report as the regression case.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100