Releasing mouse button outside window does not stop selecting text on Linux

[EFanZh]

• VSCode Version: 1.20.0
• OS Version: Arch Linux 64-bit

Steps to reproduce:

• Make sure you are using Visual Studio Code for Linux.
• Press your left mouse button to begin selecting text.
• Move your mouse cursor outside the window.
• Release the mouse button.
• Move your mouse cursor inside the window.

You should notice that although you have released your mouse button, the text selection still follows your mouse cursor.

[alexdima]

I could not reproduce on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS , it might be something specific to Arch Linux

[EFanZh]

I was using Synergy to control my Linux PC from a Windows PC.

Here is what I have tried:

• I cannot reproduce if
  • I was using the Linux PC’s mouse to control Visual Studio Code on the same Linux PC, or
  • I was using the Windows PC’s mouse to control Visual Studio Code on the same Windows PC, or
  • I was using the Linux PC’s mouse to control Visual Studio Code on the Windows PC through Synergy, or
  • I was using the Windows PC’s mouse to control gedit on the Linux PC through Synergy, or
  • I was using the Windows PC’s mouse to control KWrite on the Linux PC through Synergy.
• I can reproduce only if
  • I was using Windows PC’s mouse to control Visual Studio Code on the Linux PC through Synergy.

Maybe it is a Synergy problem since using a mouse to control Visual Studio Code on the PC that the mouse directly connects to works just fine.

But maybe it is a Visual Studio Code problem since under the same condition, gedit and KWrite do not have the same problem.

[alexdima]

@EFanZh VSCode is built with Electron, which is built on top of Chromium. We have 100% the same source code running in all situations, so I don't believe it is a problem in our sources.

Perhaps you can reproduce the issue on Chromium when opening https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/ . If that is the case maybe you can search for or create a new issue at https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/ and link to it here.

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