Word navigation via the keyboard is unreliable with editor.editContext enabled #257792
Description
Type: Bug
This doesn't happen in 1.102.2 stable even with the editor.editContext setting enabled but is happening in the insider build, version info below.
I have the screen reader accessibility setting enabled and am using this with NVDA, in case this matters.
- Have the following text in a blank file:
export const removeFirstH1 - Move the cursor to the start of the second word, "c"
- Press ctrl+right to move the cursor to the start of the next word.
- Immediately after pressing ctrl+right, press the right arrow key
Expected: the cursor is at the letter "e"
Actual: it is as if there is "lag" if I press the right arrow too quickly after ctrl+right - instead of going to the second letter of the last word, my cursor is placed back on "o", the second character of the middle word.
If you wait for a second between steps 3 and 4, this problem doesn't occur. However, given how rapidly I use the keyboard for navigation, this problem happens often enough to be incredibly impactful, because I keep on ending up at places where I don't expect to.
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.103.0-insider (3b2551c, 2025-07-18T05:03:37.281Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics (16 x 3294) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 55.72GB (33.70GB free) |
| Process Argv | --folder-uri=vscode-remote://wsl+ubuntu/home/dickson/source/quartz --remote=wsl+ubuntu |
| Screen Reader | yes |
| VM | 40% |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Remote | WSL: ubuntu |
| OS | Linux x64 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 |
| CPUs | AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics (16 x 0) |
| Memory (System) | 27.27GB (24.50GB free) |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (24)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| astro-vscode | ast | 2.15.4 |
| mermaid-markdown-syntax-highlighting | bpr | 1.7.4 |
| vscode-eslint | dba | 3.0.10 |
| dendron | den | 0.124.0 |
| dendron-paste-image | den | 1.1.3 |
| prettier-vscode | esb | 11.0.0 |
| copilot-chat | Git | 0.29.2025070903 |
| vscode-pull-request-github | Git | 0.114.3 |
| markdown-preview-showdown | jhu | 1.4.4 |
| debugpy | ms- | 2025.10.0 |
| python | ms- | 2025.10.1 |
| vscode-pylance | ms- | 2025.7.1 |
| vscode-python-envs | ms- | 1.0.0 |
| rust-analyzer | rus | 0.4.2551 |
| vscode-mermaid-preview | vst | 2.1.2 |
| mermaid-markdown-syntax-highlighting | bpr | 1.7.4 |
| remote-containers | ms- | 0.424.0 |
| remote-ssh | ms- | 0.120.0 |
| remote-ssh-edit | ms- | 0.87.0 |
| remote-wsl | ms- | 0.99.0 |
| vscode-remote-extensionpack | ms- | 0.26.0 |
| remote-explorer | ms- | 0.5.0 |
| remote-server | ms- | 1.5.2 |
| nvda-indent-nav-accessibility | Ton | 1.0.0 |