Pasting into code line below a jsdoc block comment auto-indents by one space character

[danielrentz]

• VS Code Version: 1.54.3
• OS Version: Win 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Have the following code snippet in a JS editor

/**
 * doc
 */
x = 1;

2. copy a word to clipboard, e.g. "var"
3. place cursor before "x", paste

Result: The pasted word indents the line by one space. This should not happen below such a jsdoc comment block.

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

[DavidSvetlik]

Yes, please fix it, it's really annoying and wasn't happening couple of versions back.

[danielrentz]

Alternative steps to reproduce, most likely the same root cause:

Copy the following block, paste it into an empty line. Everything following the first jsdoc comment will be indented.

/**
 * doc
 */
var x = 1;

/**
 * doc
 */
var y = 1;

[adamreisnz]

I can also confirm this is happening consistently in Javascript, and that this didn't use to happen in earlier versions.
Note that Format on Paste is disabled, and no extensions have been enabled.

Example 1

/**
 * Block comment
 */
class Test {

  /**
   * Block comment
   */
  someMethod() {
    doSomething()
  }
}

To reproduce:
Select and copy the whole block of code (including block comment) of someMethod as follows:

Paste the block 2 rows below and observe that there is an extra space added before someMethod:

Example 2

Same code as below, but this time paste the block outside of the class. The whole comment block gets wrecked, and the extra space is still there:

There are more examples with subtly different behaviour, but these are the most aggravating and I don't remember the others at this moment. I will update this comment and post again once I encounter them again.

Fun fact, I switched from Atom to VSCode precisely because it was riddled with these minor annoyances which would never get fixed and are still an issue 5 years later. I was so excited that VSCode didn't have any of the annoying paste bugs that Atom had, but now they have appeared here as well, and don't seem to be getting a lot of traction to fix 😢

[ssigwart]

I found a better solution that I had in #128812. It's in #136579. I just need to get someone to review and merge it.

[gene-pavlovsky]

Hope this can be reviewed/merged

[dandeancook]

Merged the fix yet? i still see the extra space after pasting, i guess it is so due to autoformat after pasting

[seebz]

This issue also applies to other languages, at least PHP.