Vim Chinese input in normal mode is being inserted directly.

Describe the bug I'm encountering an issue where, when using a Chinese input method, characters are being directly inserted into the text while in normal mode. Additionally, when I try to search for Chinese text using / (with focus in the bottom search box), the characters are also being inserted directly into the document. Since Chinese input methods also use quotes to separate phrases, I suspect this issue started after upgrading to version 1.101.1. I'm using macOS 15.5.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

use Chinese input method to type anything when in normal mode

or

in normal mode，type / then use Chinese input method to try to search anything in Chinese

Environment (please complete the following information):

Extension (VsCodeVim) version: v1.30.1
VSCode version: v1.101.0
OS: macOS 15.5

Jun 20 '25 03:06 ilovejcm

I also encounters this issue on windows. I'm pretty sure this issue is related to the version v1.101.0 of vscode. if I downgrade to vscode v1.100.0, the behaviour is normal.

Jun 20 '25 03:06 aiyolo

see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/251518#issuecomment-2973606446 for solution. just set editor.experimentalEditContextEnabled off, then the behaviour is normal.

Jun 20 '25 04:06 aiyolo

see microsoft/vscode#251518 (comment) for solution. just set editor.experimentalEditContextEnabled off, then the behaviour is normal.

thanks a lot. this works perfectly for me!

Jun 20 '25 06:06 ilovejcm

This may also cause an issue where typing a Chinese period or comma results in double characters being inserted with a single keystroke. After setting "editor.experimentalEditContextEnabled": false as @aiyolo said, or disabling the Vim extension, the issue no longer occurs. :)

Jun 20 '25 06:06 XBsleepy

中文标点符号重复的问题，以及在从 Insert 模式切换回 Normal 模式后，使用中文输入法移动光标时出现覆盖原文的情况，都可以通过取消该设置来解决。

The repeated Chinese punctuation, as well as overwriting existing text when moving the cursor under a Chinese input method after switching from Insert mode to Normal mode, can both be resolved by disabling this setting.