Erroneous insertion of right angle bracket.

Type: Bug

Within an HTML file, select a few elements. Click the Show Preview button. The preview panel opens, the selection in the code "rolls" down, and a right angle bracket is inserted at the point the selection ended.

VS Code version: Code 1.134.0 (110a328ea54b42367b803ec53ee0bf52ef26b419, 2026-08-18T18:24:44Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

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|---|---|
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|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x56a2 [Intel(R) Arc(TM) A580 Graphics], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.101.8860 *ACTIVE*
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8972
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|undefined|
|Memory (System)|63.84GB (35.32GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id d459de57-dfeb-49ec-a557-21d2d3def8df|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
Extensions (11)

Name|Identifier|Author|Version
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CSS Formatter|aeschli.vscode-css-formatter|aeschli|1.0.2
PHP Intelephense|bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client|bmewburn|1.18.5
VSCode Macros|exceedsystem.vscode-macros|EXCEEDSYSTEM|1.4.3
MySQL|formulahendry.vscode-mysql|formulahendry|0.5.0
HTMLHint|htmlhint.vscode-htmlhint|HTMLHint|1.16.0
Apache Conf|mrmlnc.vscode-apache|mrmlnc|1.2.0
Live Preview|ms-vscode.live-server|ms-vscode|0.4.20
PowerShell|ms-vscode.powershell|ms-vscode|2025.4.0
SFTP|natizyskunk.sftp|Natizyskunk|1.16.3
Rech Batch|rechinformatica.rech-editor-batch|rechinformatica|0.0.26
change-case|wmaurer.change-case|wmaurer|1.0.0