mouseSelectionGoesIntoVisualMode from insert mode too

[sygi]

Describe the bug Currently, even when vim.mouseSelectionGoesIntoVisualMode is on, selecting with a mouse when being in an insert mode doesn't change it (see here). This is different than a default behavior in vim.

To Reproduce Enter insert mode with i, then select with mouse in any file.

Expected behavior vim should enter visual mode.

Additional context As I understand it, the original plan was to implement full-on Select Mode (#5716), however, 4 years after #5842 was opened, I think it's the right time to declare PR bankruptcy there and address the issues in smaller scale.

Note: this issue is particularly annoying when working in jupyter notebooks, where each cell has a separate "mode" and it's difficult to track in which cell when selecting with mouse you'll be in an insert vs virtual modes.

[sygi]

It seems that the decision to diverge from the vim behavior was made here. Is there any context available? Can we maybe have a setting which controls this?

cc @nguymin4

[nguymin4]

@sygi It was so long ago so I cannot say for sure. Nowadays I only use neovim or vim, and the behaviour is if I'm in Insert mode and select some text with my mouse, it actually triggers the terminal selection mode instead of going to neovim/vim visual mode

It could be my setting that disables mouse somewhere as well, but then it also means that behavior similar to mouseSelectionGoesIntoVisualMode: false

Side note: I have terrible perfomance issue with VSCodeVim when using Jupyter notebook so I usually disable it ...

[sygi]

Hmm, the behavior you describe happens when you disable mouse handling by vim; you'll always be able to achieve that via ~/.vimrc.

I kinda like the vim mode in jupyter notebook, except for this issue ^^ I prepared a quick fix above.

[nguymin4]

I just want to say that, please double check with other maintainers about the intention and plan with that setting. Even if it may not affect me anymore, people may notice the changed behavior and ask about it (think about non-jupyter users). And we end up in a complaining loop.

Anyways, I do wish the vim support for notebook become better.

[sygi]

Of course, that's the point of this thread / issue :)