[Bug/Enhancement] No highlight when selecting snippet placeholder
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- design
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in VS Code using the Dracula theme and a snippet with a $1 placeholder. Inspect the theme configuration for selection-related colors and verify the selected text is visibly distinct from surrounding text while editing the snippet.
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Description
Description
When using the Dracula theme in VS Code, snippet placeholders (e.g. $1) can be filled normally. However, when selecting the inserted text with Shift + ←/→, the selected part has no visual distinction from the surrounding text. It looks like the selection is not applied.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/23ff244a-0c91-47c0-bcc0-804c4ab54f1c
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d7ded54e-fcff-4d85-bdeb-2958c51fd28f
Steps to Reproduce
- Enable the Dracula theme in VS Code.
- Insert a user snippet containing a
$1placeholder. - Type into the
$1position. - Use
Shift + ←/→to select the text. - Observe the selection effect.
Expected Behavior
The selected text should be visually highlighted and clearly distinguished from the surrounding text.
Actual Behavior
The selected text has no visible highlight, making it indistinguishable from unselected text.
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