Auto-indent causes issues with YAML files

[pat-s]

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When copying a YAML code part from one YAML file to another one, the auto-indent feature automatically adjusts the indent (to the worse) and nests it below the parent key.

This is quite annoying as I'd expect a YAML block sitting in the root of the document to be indented in the same way in the other document when pasting it. Especially when the block is larger, I have to adjust the indent for XX amount of lines.

I suspect that https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/2035 is responsible for that but I might be wrong. I haven't found a way to turn auto-indent off in any way.

Environment

Zed: v0.126.2 (Zed) OS: macOS 14.4.0 Memory: 32 GiB Architecture: aarch64

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[nwalke]

Thank you for raising this. I've been trying desperately to find some sort of language config that would make yaml not the most annoying language to edit on zed, but alas. Since auto-indent is always on, there isn't much to do.

[jeffcox]

This has driven me away from using Zed in the short term.

Copy and paste this entire block into a Zed pane with YAML syntax, it works fine.

list:
  - of
  - things

another:
  - list

Copy and paste each list separately and it will forcibly indent the second pasted list, resulting in this:

list:
  - of
  - things
  another:
    - list

[d1y]

This has driven me away from using Zed in the short term.

Copy and paste this entire block into a Zed pane with YAML syntax, it works fine.

list:
  - of
  - things

another:
  - list

Copy and paste each list separately and it will forcibly indent the second pasted list, resulting in this:

list:
  - of
  - things
  another:
    - list

I also have this problem

[jeffcox]

I tried setting "languages": {"YAML": {"enable_language_server": false } } today while wondering about this bug, the issue persists.

[nwalke]

It's even worse when you see it with the yaml errors:

Here I copied the first block, entered twice, backspaced to get to the beginning of the line, and pasted.

[notpeter]

I think we may have pushed a fix for this today, can you download the preview release and verify if your issue is solved?

See also:

• https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/13338
• https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/13351

[azriel91]

Heya, I tried pasting the two lists on zed preview 0.141.2, and the issue is partially fixed.

Pasting the two lists individually when the caret is at column 1 (index 0) works nicely:

list:
  - of
  - things

another:
  - list

But when pasting nested maps, where the caret is not on column 1, the inner maps are indented by the number of spaces before the caret:

outer:
  inner1:
    - item

  # <- place caret at column 3 (two spaces)

paste in inner2, but don't select the leading two spaces:

  inner2:
    - item

expected:

outer:
  inner1:
    - item

  inner2:
    - item

actual:

outer:
  inner1:
    - item

  inner2:
      - item
  # ^^ extra spaces

Notably it only happens when the second list is copied from outside Zed, so presumably there's extra context that tells zed whether what's being pasted has indentation.

Arguably it could be "expected behaviour" since zed doesn't know if the externally copied text is meant to be indented with the additional spaces from the caret's position, but I think in YAML, it's more likely that it shouldn't.

[jeffcox]

I am still able to replicate this issue when pasting the lists directly below one another. As I understand it while this is a bit of an eyesore, it is valid YAML:

list_one:
  - one
  - two
list_two:
  - three
  - four

Trying to paste list_two directly below list_one, even after de-indenting back to column 0, results in the same undesirable behavior:

list_one:
  - one
  - two
  list_two:
    - three
    - four

The partial fix is a HUGE improvement and I am excited to give Zed another try.