Pressing "Esc" on a comment being written deletes the comment content while keeping the line range

[jmg-duarte]

• Extension version: 0.96.0
• VSCode Version: 1.93.1
• OS: MacOS Catalina
• Repository Clone Configuration (single repository/fork of an upstream repository): Single repo
• Github Product (Github.com/Github Enterprise version x.x.x): Github.com

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a comment for a line range or even a single line
2. Write something
3. Close the box with "Esc"
4. Re-open the same box

Expected outcome:

• Either for Esc not to close it (can probably be configured with focus settings)
• For a single line: if I re-open the same line I expect the text I was writing to still be there while I have the diff/file open, if the file is closed, the text can be gone
• For multiple lines: since it already keeps the line range, just keep the text around for the same text range until de-selected

In other, much simpler words: please don't delete the text I have because I pressed "Esc" — I'm using VSCode Vim and just deleted a big comment twice 😭

If you give me some pointers where I can look to investigate how to solve this, I can take some time to try and help!

Note: it seems that this doesn't always happen, I had a comment that was kept but I'm not sure if I left it with "Esc", but it's definitely not consistent.

[fhdiaze]

I have the same problem? Have you found a work around?

[jmg-duarte]

I have the same problem? Have you found a work around?

Not clicking "Esc" — I wish I was joking

[jamesgecko]

This is a huge show-stopper for users with vim keybindings. I can't even exit insert mode without deleting the comment.

An application should never delete text without either prompting or an undo option.

Possible duplicate of #1455.

[alexr00]

Duplicate of #1455, will aim to add next month!