[Bug]: Some strings that contain colon(:) get converted to a link when copied on iPad

[54wedge]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: Safari
• Local OS: iPadOS 17.3
• Remote OS: MacOS 12.6
• Remote Architecture: x86
• code-server --version: 4.20.1

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start code-server
2. Access code-server on iPad
3. Copy a line of code with double colon and certain characters before it. eg.fmt::print(“hello”);

Expected

The copy and paste work correctly.

Actual

Code	Result
fmt::print(“Hello world”);	fmt:%3Aprint(%22Hello%20world%22);
t::print(“Hello world”);	t:%3Aprint(%22Hello%20world%22);
::print(“Hello world”);	::print("Hello world");
_::print(Hello world);	_::print("Hello world");
_fmt::print("Hello world");	_fmt::print("Hello world");

( _ represents a space)

Logs

No response

Screenshot/Video

https://github.com/coder/code-server/assets/20142690/da8b1eb2-edf9-49bf-af5b-d24f15743694

Does this issue happen in VS Code or GitHub Codespaces?

• [ ] I tested this in native VS Code.
• [ ] This does not happen in native VS Code.
• [X] I tested this in GitHub Codespaces.
• [ ] This does not happen in GitHub Codespaces.

Are you accessing code-server over a secure context?

• [X] I am using a secure context.

Notes

Copy works flawlessly in Safari on MacOS 12.6.

[54wedge]

I investigated a little deeper and it seems that strings containing certain alphanumeric characters and a single colon can not be copied correctly as well. (eg.default:{}—>default:%7B%7D) Pasting the code into apple notes shows that the copied string is converted to a link somehow.

[code-asher]

If this happens in Codespaces definitely raise it upstream so they can fix it there! https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

[54wedge]

Yeah. I figured that out. I will try to make a more detailed post there.