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Selecting text from debug console history view is really hard

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#130,083 opened on Aug 4, 2021

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Description

Issue Type: Bug

  • Can't select from the beginning of a line
  • Selecting from the middle of a line works, but really hard to select to the beginning of the line

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VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.59.0-insider (cead2f699cd0afb2464d8d3ad975776051583b4f, 2021-08-03T16:24:47.105Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043 Restricted Mode: No

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CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 x 3600)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabledgpu_compositing: enabledmultiple_raster_threads: enabled_onoop_rasterization: enabledopengl: enabled_onrasterization: enabledskia_renderer: enabled_onvideo_decode: enabledvulkan: disabled_offwebgl: enabledwebgl2: enabled
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 31.93GB (7.97GB free)
Process Argv --enable-proposed-api joyceerhl.vscode-pyolite --enable-proposed-api rebornix.better-jupyter-errors --enable-proposed-api donjayamanne.kusto --crash-reporter-id e73ca734-e67c-473d-8c47-80c5407fc859
Screen Reader no
VM 0%

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Research direction
Investigate the text selection logic in the debug console history view to understand why selecting from the beginning of a line is difficult.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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Git
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75