vscode: Cannot input the dot character when entering the file name for a new file.

Type: Bug

Cannot input the dot character when entering the file name for a new file. Alert command " not found.

VS Code version: Code 1.78.0 (252e5463d60e63238250799aef7375787f68b4ee, 2023-05-03T20:09:00.748Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043 Modes: Sandboxed: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel® Core™ i7-6567U CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 x 3312)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	7.84GB (3.59GB free)
Process Argv	–crash-reporter-id 03052edb-eb5a-4a74-b897-b3bae9454ab4
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (20)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
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EditorConfig	Edi	0.16.4
prettier-vscode	esb	9.12.0
vscode-jest-runner	fir	0.4.60
code-runner	for	0.12.0
todo-tree	Gru	0.0.226
vscode-drawio	hed	1.6.6
vscode-env	Iro	0.1.0
svg	joc	1.5.2
intellij-idea-keybindings	k–	1.5.9
git-graph	mhu	1.30.0
vscode-language-pack-zh-hans	MS-	1.78.2023050309
subtitles-editor	pep	1.1.7
material-icon-theme	PKi	4.27.0
minapp-vscode	qiu	2.4.9
LiveServer	rit	5.7.9
even-better-toml	tam	0.19.0
pdf	tom	1.2.2
volar	Vue	1.6.4

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created a year ago
Reactions: 4
Comments: 17 (4 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Oh my god. I just tried creating a new profile from existing to continue testing, and it opened what I’m assuming is a new UI feature to allow me to choose what to migrate from the existing profile. I clicked on keybindings.json, and here’s what’s at the very top of the file:

// Place your key bindings in this file to overwrite the defaults
[
	{
		"key": ".",
		"command": ""
	},
	// ...

I am 100% confident I did not configure that myself. Is this possibly some sort of legacy entry that was just ignored before the latest update?

+15

dannymcgee on May 4, 2023

This should be fixed in this week’s release - 1.78.2. Thank you everyone for help and sorry for the inconvenience!

ulugbekna on May 10, 2023

I found that Path Intellisense is recommending Windows users to add { "key": ".", "command": "" }. https://github.com/ChristianKohler/PathIntellisense#are-you-a-windows-user I don’t remember whether I added on my own but I did have { "key": ".", "command": "" } in keybindings.json and have Path Intellisense installed.

sapphi-red on May 9, 2023

CPUs	13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700K (24 x 3418)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
Load (avg)
Memory (System)	31.79GB (20.82GB free)
Process Argv	. --crash-reporter-id 6f8ccb6c-d82c-4433-9d77-a2118340989d
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-eslint	dba	2.4.0
copilot	Git	1.84.51
copilot-labs	Git	0.12.791
go	gol	0.38.0
vscode-docker	ms-	1.25.0
csharp	ms-	1.25.7
isort	ms-	2022.8.0
python	ms-	2023.8.0
vscode-pylance	ms-	2023.5.10
jupyter	ms-	2023.4.1011241018
jupyter-keymap	ms-	1.1.0
jupyter-renderers	ms-	1.0.15
vscode-jupyter-cell-tags	ms-	0.1.8
vscode-jupyter-slideshow	ms-	0.1.5
cpptools	ms-	1.15.4
ruby	reb	0.28.1
java	red	1.18.0
shader	sle	1.1.5
vscode-lldb	vad	1.9.1
debug	web	0.26.1
twig	wha	1.0.2
vscode-ruby	win	0.28.0

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tgreiser on May 4, 2023

Please, share your setup to come up with repro

To: @tgreiser @ZedG2 @dannymcgee and anyone who faces this bug

I’m trying to figure out how to reproduce this and learn if you share common setup.

Could you please share your setup - VS Code info, System Info and Installed Extensions?

For VS Code info, you can invoke command “Help: About” from the Command Palette (press F1 to open the Command Palette).

For System info and Installed extensions, you can invoke command “Help: Report Issue…” , click on “show” for System info and Enabled extensions and copy paste those here.

Workaround / temporary fix

It seems to me that you can invoke command “Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON)” from the Command Palette (press F1 to open the Command Palette) and remove suspicious keybindings:

{ "key": "enter",                 "command": ""},
{ "key": "period",                "command": ""}

ulugbekna on May 4, 2023