microsoft / microsoft/terminal
shift+left at the end of a line in the console selects a non existent character
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Issue-Bug
Priority-3
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- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Environment
19582 rs_prerelease
Steps to reproduce
open cmd
type: type f:\mx\public\x86fre.nocil\onecore\external\sdk\inc\crt\direct.h
Expected behavior
shift+left should select the h, and ctrl+shift+left should select the whole path
Actual behavior
- shift+left selects the empty character after the h
- ctrl+shift+left selects the empty character after the h. A 2nd ctrl+shift+left selects the path
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Research direction
Reproduce the behavior in the Windows console with the path and Shift+Left/Ctrl+Shift+Left combinations described in the issue. Trace the console's keyboard-selection handling, then verify that Shift+Left selects the final h and Ctrl+Shift+Left selects the whole path on the first press.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100