microsoft / microsoft/vscode-atom-keybindings

keyboard shortcut for explorer > create folder/file intermediately fails

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Description

Sometimes, when trying to create new files a or files shift+A (while highlighting file explorer), this keymap is over-ridden by file-filtering.

The solution is to update the following in settings:

"workbench.list.keyboardNavigation": "simple"

solution source and screenshot

Is it possible to update this extension to avoid this conflict?

VS Code Version 1.34.0
Atom Keymap 3.0.6

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the conflict in the VS Code Explorer with Atom Keymap 3.0.6, focusing on the A and Shift+A shortcuts and the workbench.list.keyboardNavigation setting described in the issue. Done means the shortcuts create a file or folder without being intercepted by file filtering.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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