In insert mode, hitting `<Down>` after `<C-Left>` does not take current position into account

[jleclanche]

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Environment:

• VSCode Version: 1.11.2
• VsCodeVim Version: 0.7.0
• OS: Arch Linux

1. Open a python file
2. Write the following in it:

tuples = (
    (1, 12345),
    (1, 67890),
)

Move the cursor to be right after 5 in the first 12345. If you now press Ctrl + ← followed by ↓, the cursor will end up right after 0 instead of right before 6, where you would expect it to be (and where it would be by hitting arrow left 5 times instead of previous word).

This works both in and out of insert mode. I'm not sure if this is a vim or native vscode issue admittedly.

[Chillee]

I believe this is a native vscode issue, since we're not handling ctrl+left, our internal desired column never changes.

[jleclanche]

Moving to Microsoft/vscode#26124

[Chillee]

Sorry I messed that sentence up. It's not a native vscode issue as in it's their fault, it's a native vscode issue as in it's our fault for not handling native vscode functionality properly.

This is definitely an issue for us.

[jleclanche]

Huh :) okay