VSCodeVim's expand selection is much coaser than VSCode's
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Description
Describe the bug
af is great, but much coarser than VSCode's native version.
Should we set af to forward to VSCode's?
To Reproduce
Here's VSCode's:
Here's VIM's:
Environment (please complete the following information):
- Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 1.22.1
- VSCode version: 1.64.2
- OS: MasOS
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Research direction
Start with the af key behavior and compare VSCodeVim's expansion with VSCode's native expand-selection command, using the provided screen recordings as the expected-behavior reference. Done means af provides the finer-grained selection behavior shown by VSCode, with the change verified against the reported environment.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100