VSCode - Cursor moves left on AltGr. How to fix it?

Question

If I type the following text in my vscode editor:

http://stackoverflow.com/[Link to Stackoverflow]
omg[

I get this result:

https://stackoverflow.com[/Link to Stackoverflo]w
om[g

I've observed that the back shifting of the cursor happens as soon as I press the AltGr on my german+layout+keyboard.

Have you checked that it's not an auto-formatting extension or some sort? — Gino Mempin, Jun 02 '21 at 12:51
Note that you'd normally do `[text](https://some.url)` in Markdown, not the other way around — Hong Ooi, Jun 04 '21 at 08:42
@HongOoi I use [asciidoc](https://docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoc/latest/syntax-quick-reference/#links). — jschnasse, Jun 04 '21 at 08:59

jschnasse · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-02T13:46:59.960

5

I switched the keyboard.dispatch setting to

"keyboard.dispatch": "keyCode"

That fixed it.

edited Jun 02 '21 at 13:46

answered Jun 02 '21 at 13:16

jschnasse

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '22 at 21:42

Same issue here - same fix.

Version: 1.73.1
Commit: 6261075646f055b99068d3688932416f2346dd3b
Date: 2022-11-09T03:54:53.913Z
Electron: 19.0.17
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-53-generic snap
Sandboxed: No

VSCode - Cursor moves left on AltGr. How to fix it?

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