Navigating through the search panel makes the editor to move to visual mode
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Description
Describe the bug
When I use the search panel in VSCode to find something and navigate through the results, the editor switches to visual mode, which is frustrating. This shift causes the Vim navigation commands (go backward) and (go forward) to stop working properly, as the editor remains stuck in visual mode.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Search something in the search panel
- Click on one of the results
- Now you must be on the editor, move the cursor down or up, and then you can see it's in visual mode
Expected behavior
Navigating through the result should not change the Vim mode to visual, it should keep it in normal mode
Screenshots
Environment (please complete the following information):
- Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 1.29.0
- VSCode version: 1.98.0
- OS: Windows 11
Additional context
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in VSCode 1.98 with VSCodeVim 1.29 by navigating search results and moving the cursor in the editor. Trace the search-result navigation and Vim mode transition; done means the editor remains in normal mode and Ctrl-O and Ctrl-I continue to work.
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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
- 35/100