VSCodeVim / VSCodeVim/Vim

Cursor confusing behaviour in visual mode

Open
#9,349 1 comment 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
15.2k
Forks
1.5k
Avg merge
3d 18h
Merged PRs (30d)
6

Description

Hello,

In visual mode, I see the cursor right ahead of the selection. I find it rather confusing even with a thin cursor, especially when selecting blocks of code (see videos below). In neovim, I have a block cursor at the last selected character, which makes more sense to me.

Is it possible to have a setting that changes this ? Thank you in advance.

VSCodeVim

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e16c2fc6-6ae4-4dd9-b7a1-bcc2bee1f6e2

Neovim

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d30ceef3-ba20-4e07-b371-223641032182

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the behavior in VSCodeVim's visual mode and trace the cursor rendering and settings entry points; the issue does not name specific files or tests. Done means a user-configurable option places the cursor on the last selected character, with coverage or verification for visual selections.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
frontend, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.