Correct reversed visual block mode navigation #27602
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Partially addresses #27385
One problem with visual block mode in
vimis that it doesn't properly handle theupordowncommands when the selection is reversed - e.g. when the cursor lies at the beginning of the text, rather than the end:Screen.Recording.2025-03-27.at.9.25.29.AM.mov
Screen.Recording.2025-03-27.at.9.26.06.AM.mov
This change fixes this so that boxes can be drawn down and to the left and up and to the left:
Screen.Recording.2025-03-27.at.9.27.51.AM.mov
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