CTRL+D problem replacing consecutive characters

[brunoscopelliti]

• VSCode Version: 1.18.0
• OS Version: Windows 10

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

I made a screen recording that reproduce the issue:

I want to replace single quotes with double quotes.

So I follow these steps:

1. Select all the occurrences of single quotes using CTRL+D.
2. Delete single quotes using backspace.
3. Type the double quotes char.

I expected that also data-root='' would have been replaced with data-root="".
It has been replaced with data-root=" instead.

The same problem is reproducible with whatever couple of consecutive equal characters;
eg. When I try to replace all the occurences of x with y in xfoox xx xbarx (following the previous steps) I get yfooy y ybary.

[shobhitchittora]

@brunoscopelliti I think this is the intended behavior.
Tip: If u want to replace single quotes with double just select all instances of them and press double quotes ( without first deleting them ). 😇

[brunoscopelliti]

Hey @shobhitchittora ,
I can agree with you that this is not the worst problem ever, but I still think it is a disturbing behaviour, that in case could be easily addressed, I would be happy to see fixed.
As for the tip that you suggested...

const a = 'foo'
const b = ''

that's what happens to the above snippet, when I select all instances of single quotes and press double quotes (without first deleting them):

const a = "'"foo"'"
const b = "'""'"

[shobhitchittora]

@brunoscopelliti This is my screengrab following what suggestion in my last comment. Please verify.

[brunoscopelliti]

@shobhitchittora I've the same result that you've recorded when I play in an untitled file; but when I try in a real project file (with .js extension) the result is the one I've described in my previous comment. Could you please check?

[shobhitchittora]

@brunoscopelliti you are indeed right. From what I observe is that vscode is trying to auto-correct ahead for you. This happens when you select some text and type ", ',[or(.

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