Good morning (@4:13pm here but nobody cares :) )!
So I was just reviewing a file in VSCode on mac and I've noticed some weird behavior in the editor, but fortunately also found how to overcome it completely.
Trigger:
You pressed cmd down arrow to be at the end of a file and then navigate anywhere normally.
Problematic behaviour:
VO starts reading strangely, 99% of the content of a given line is skipped or read in diagonal when pressing up or down arrow, and even with option left or right arrows only random characters of a word are read. TLDR the editor becomes unusable.
How to overcome it:
Simple! I mean it's truly one thing you know and you forget about it after. After pressing cmd down to be at the end of a file, just remember to press left arrow only once, and the problem disappears until you do command down arrow again. The trick always work.
Some people more clever than me can try to guess what's the root cause or whatever, feel free please, I'd be glad to read while not understanding anything (very proudly though!).
Loving my mac nowadays, even if visual studio is virtually windows only now outside winform and windows specifics dotnet is crossplatform so...
Wishing you a great day.
Happy coding!
But don't forget to touch grass once a day. Or more if you can. Empirical proof says it can be helpful.
See ya later on another bug report.
By TheBlindGuy07, 31 January, 2026
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App Development and Programming
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Coding in Swift.
You do any? I know VsCode has plugins for other languages, I played around with the Python extension under Windows for a bit when I ran Windows. I'm kicking around the idea of digging into coding forthe Mac, it's something to do anyway, but I've never used an IDE in my life. I may as well figure out what works from people who know what they're doing, i.e. people who are not me.