Editor freezes when trying to delete a character with `x`
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Description
Describe the bug
When in normal mode, hitting the x key freezes the editor. A VSCode restart is needed to get the editor to respond again.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Open a file in VSCode
- Hit
ESCto ensure you are innormalmode - Try to delete a character by hitting the
xkey - See that no other action are possible in the editor
Expected behavior
When hitting the x key in normal mode, the character under the cursor should be deleted.
Environment (please complete the following information):
- Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 1.30.1
- VSCode version: 1.101.0
- OS: macOS Sequoia 15.5 (Darwin arm64 24.5.0)
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 freeze in VSCode 1.101.0 with VsCodeVim 1.30.1 on macOS, using the normal-mode x command described in the issue. Trace the normal-mode key handling for x; done means the character under the cursor is deleted and the editor remains responsive.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100