:norm[al] doesn't work with greater/less than symbols

[aquaductape]

So I'm trying to add html tags to a column such as this

hello
hello
hello
hello
hello
hello

In vim/nvim you would select all with ggVG then use :'<,'>norm A</div> and the result is

hello</div>
hello</div>
hello</div>
hello</div>
hello</div>
hello</div>
hello</div>

but in vscode nothing happens and no errors are shown, also the console doesn't show any errors

I have neovim enabled with vscode

vscode

Version: 1.38.1
Commit: b37e54c98e1a74ba89e03073e5a3761284e3ffb0
Date: 2019-09-11T13:30:08.229Z
Electron: 4.2.10
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.0.0-29-generic snap

settings.json

{
  "editor.fontSize": 18,
  "editor.wordWrap": "on",
  "emmet.triggerExpansionOnTab": true,
  "liveServer.settings.donotShowInfoMsg": true,
  "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
  "window.menuBarVisibility": "toggle",
  "window.zoomLevel": 0,
  "emmet.includeLanguages": {
    "javascript": "javascriptreact"
  },
  "emmet.syntaxProfiles": {
    "javascript": "jsx"
  },
  "liveServer.settings.donotVerifyTags": true,
  "javascript.updateImportsOnFileMove.enabled": "always",
  // "window.titleBarStyle": "custom",
  "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 17,
  "workbench.sideBar.location": "left",
  "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": true,
  "editor.showUnused": true,
  "editor.tabSize": 2,
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "prettier.singleQuote": true,
  "prettier.trailingComma": "es5",
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "[Dainty – Nord (chroma 2, lightness 3)]": {
      "list.activeSelectionBackground": "#4a5d7c"
    },
    "[Material Theme Palenight]": {
      "editorCursor.foreground": "#c7c7c7",
      "list.activeSelectionBackground": "#3b4a63"
    }
  },
  "bracketPairColorizer.consecutivePairColors": [
    "()",
    "[]",
    "{}",
    [
      "#ccc",
      "Grey",
      "LightSkyBlue"
    ],
    "Red"
  ],
  "html.autoClosingTags": false,
  "vim.easymotion": true,
  "vim.enableNeovim": true,
  "vim.neovimPath": "nvim",
  "vim.incsearch": true,
  "vim.useSystemClipboard": true,
  "vim.useCtrlKeys": true,
  "vim.hlsearch": true,
  "vim.insertModeKeyBindings": [
    {
      "before": [
        "j",
        "j"
      ],
      "after": [
        "<Esc>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
      "before": [
        "<C-n>"
      ],
      "commands": [
        ":nohl"
      ]
    },
    {
      "before": [
        "L"
      ],
      "after": [
        "$"
      ]
    },
    {
      "before": [
        "H"
      ],
      "after": [
        "^"
      ]
    },
    {
      "before": [
        "j"
      ],
      "after": [
        "g",
        "j"
      ]
    },
    {
      "before": [
        "Z",
        "Z"
      ],
      "commands": [
        ":wq"
      ]
    },
    {
      "before": [
        "y",
        "f"
      ],
      "after": [
        "v",
        "a",
        "{",
        "V"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "vim.visualModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
      "before": [
        "p"
      ],
      "after": [
        "p",
        "g",
        "v",
        "y"
      ]
    },
    {
      "before": [
        "y"
      ],
      "after": [
        "y",
        "g",
        "v",
        "<Esc>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "vim.leader": "<space>",
  "vim.handleKeys": {
    "<C-a>": true,
    "<C-f>": false
  },
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Material Theme Palenight",
  "vim.easymotionMarkerHeight": 20,
  "vsicons.associations.folders": [
    {
      "icon": "container",
      "extensions": [
        "container",
        "containers"
      ],
      "format": "svg"
    }
  ],
  "vsicons.associations.folderDefault.folder": {
    "icon": "myFolder",
    "format": "svg"
  },
  "vsicons.associations.files": [
    {
      "icon": "myMarkdown",
      "extensions": [
        "md",
        "custom.md",
        "markdown",
        "mdown"
      ],
      "format": "svg",
      "overrides": "md"
    }
  ],
  "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-icons",
  "breadcrumbs.filePath": "off",
  "debug.allowBreakpointsEverywhere": true,
  "extensions.ignoreRecommendations": false,
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "'PowerlineSymbols','Droid Sans Mono', 'monospace', monospace, 'Droid Sans Fallback'",
  "vim.easymotionMarkerFontWeight": "bold",
  "vim.easymotionMarkerFontSize": "15"
}

[caleywoods]

I tested it here and verified the same issue. Status bar reports that :'<,'>norm A</div> is not an editor command.

Temporary workaround: :%s/$/<\/div> (replace $ (end of line) with </div>)

[aquaductape]

@caleywoods
Since you have that status bar report is not an editor command that means you don't have neovim integrated into vscode, currently that is the only way to use :normal command

Also another workaround is to use Shift+i or Shift+a with Visual Selection since it will create multiple cursors and then write tags(make sure html and jsx autocomplete is disabled)

[caleywoods]

@aquaductape Forgot about that, I have nvim setup but I turned off the VSCode setting a few weeks back. Thanks!