Emoji breaks cursor position and blocks backspace
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in a WSL profile in Windows Terminal by running edit and pasting the family emoji through the Windows Emoji Picker. Verify the cursor position and backspace behavior before and after the fix; done means the cursor remains correct and backspace works normally.
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Description
In WSL, pasting the 'family' emoji via the Emoji Picker (Win+'.') misplaces the cursor position and blocks backspace.
Repro:
- Run WSL profile in Windows Terminal
- Run
edit - Press Win+'.' for Emoji Picker
- Paste the 'family: man, woman, girl, boy' emoji and press Esc
- Check the cursor position and whether the backspace is working
Tested on Win11 and Win10.
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