VS Code Format selection does not work when selection ends with non-code
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Description
Buggy behavior
Consider this block of R code
mtcars |>
names()
# blank line
names(mtcars)
Selecting lines 1-3 and "Format Section" in VS Code does not do anything.
Expected behavior
Selectin lines 1-2 or 1-4 and "Format Section" in VS Code formats the code correctly:
mtcars |>
names()
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the VS Code Format Section behavior with the R snippet, selecting lines 1-3 so the selection ends with a blank line. Compare it with selections of lines 1-2 and 1-4; done means the 1-3 selection formats the code instead of doing nothing.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, rust, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100