Treat leading and trailing modifier on empty content range as a token

src/processTargets/modifiers/LeadingTrailingStages.ts

@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ import {
   TrailingModifier,
 } from "../../typings/targetDescriptor.types";
 import { ProcessedTargetsContext } from "../../typings/Types";
+import getModifierStage from "../getModifierStage";
 import { ModifierStage } from "../PipelineStages.types";
 
 export class LeadingStage implements ModifierStage {
   constructor(private modifier: LeadingModifier) {}
 
   run(context: ProcessedTargetsContext, target: Target): Target[] {
-    const leading = target.getLeadingDelimiterTarget();
+    const leading = getTargetToUse(context, target).getLeadingDelimiterTarget();
     if (leading == null) {
-      throw Error("No available leading range");
+      throw Error("No available leading delimiter range");
     }
     return [leading];
   }
@@ -22,10 +23,25 @@ export class TrailingStage implements ModifierStage {
   constructor(private modifier: TrailingModifier) {}
 
   run(context: ProcessedTargetsContext, target: Target): Target[] {
-    const trailing = target.getTrailingDelimiterTarget();
+    const trailing = getTargetToUse(
+      context,
+      target
+    ).getTrailingDelimiterTarget();
     if (trailing == null) {
-      throw Error("No available trailing range");
+      throw Error("No available trailing delimiter range");
     }
     return [trailing];
   }
 }
+
+/**If the content range of the given target is empty convert it to a token target. If not just return it unmodified. */
+function getTargetToUse(context: ProcessedTargetsContext, target: Target) {
+  if (target.contentRange.isEmpty) {
+    const tokenStage = getModifierStage({
+      type: "containingScope",
+      scopeType: { type: "token" },
+    });
+    return tokenStage.run(context, target)[0];
+  }
+  return target;
+}

src/test/suite/fixtures/recorded/selectionTypes/clearLeading.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+languageId: plaintext
+command:
+  spokenForm: clear leading
+  version: 2
+  targets:
+    - type: primitive
+      modifiers:
+        - {type: leading}
+  usePrePhraseSnapshot: true
+  action: {name: clearAndSetSelection}
+initialState:
+  documentContents: aaa bbb ccc
+  selections:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 6}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 6}
+  marks: {}
+finalState:
+  documentContents: aaabbb ccc
+  selections:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 3}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 3}
+  thatMark:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 3}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 3}
+fullTargets: [{type: primitive, mark: {type: cursor}, modifiers: [{type: leading}]}]

src/test/suite/fixtures/recorded/selectionTypes/clearTrailing.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+languageId: plaintext
+command:
+  spokenForm: clear trailing
+  version: 2
+  targets:
+    - type: primitive
+      modifiers:
+        - {type: trailing}
+  usePrePhraseSnapshot: true
+  action: {name: clearAndSetSelection}
+initialState:
+  documentContents: aaa bbb ccc
+  selections:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 6}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 6}
+  marks: {}
+finalState:
+  documentContents: aaa bbbccc
+  selections:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 7}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 7}
+  thatMark:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 7}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 7}
+fullTargets: [{type: primitive, mark: {type: cursor}, modifiers: [{type: trailing}]}]