Smart select randomly selects first parenthesis in call expression

[OliverJAsh]

• VSCode Version: latest
• OS Version: latest

Steps to Reproduce:

a(
  1
)

1. Place your cursor on a (before/after the function name)
2. Run "expand selection" twice

Expected: the whole call expression should be selected, including the arguments.

Actual: only a( is selected. This is not at all helpful. The user has to run "expand selection" again to get what they want.

Note this works in a variable declaration, so I don't see why we would want different behaviour outside of a variable? E.g.

const x = a(
  1
)

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[gjsjohnmurray]

What language? AFAIK this is the responsibility of the SelectionRangeProvider

[OliverJAsh]

ts/tsx/js/jsx

[jrieken]

This is on purpose and needs feature work to add a setting or so. The idea is that the current line always is a selection stop

[OliverJAsh]

How come it doesn't do that when using a variable declaration e.g. my second example?

[OliverJAsh]

This is on purpose and needs feature work to add a setting or so. The idea is that the current line always is a selection stop

Alternatively, could VS Code expose commands that are strictly for expanding/shrinking the selection according to the AST and nothing else?

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