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// On escape, hide the accessible buffer and force focus onto the terminal this.hide(true); break; <del> case KeyCode.Tab: // On tab or shift+tab, hide the accessible buffer and perform the default tab // behavior this.hide(); break; </del> } })); this.add(this._editorWidget.onDidFocusEditorText(async () => { this._terminalService.setActiveInstance(this._instance as ITerminalInstance); this._xtermElement.classList.add(ClassName.Hide); })); <ins> this.add(this._editorWidget.onDidBlurEditorText(async () => this.hide())); </ins> } registerListeners(): void {

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Type: <bBug</bthe settings like below: : new terminal via ctrl+` from terminal input. Pressing Shift+Tab moves to the terminal buffer. Shift+Tab should be passed to terminal as an input key. The focus needs to remain in the terminal input field. We need when cycling back through shell auto-suggestion or ipython completion. VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.81.0-insider (, 2023-07-19T05:34:51.441Z) OS version: WindowsNT x64 10.0. Modes: <details<summarySystem Info</summary </details<details<summaryExtensions (90)</summaryExtensionVersion ------ android-dev-ext1.3.2 Bookmarks13.4.1 openscad1.1.1 spellright3.0.116 zoterolatex0.4.1 mermaid-markdown-syntax-highlighting1.5.2 doxdocgen1.4.0 dscodegpt2.1.14 vscode-markdownlint0.51.0 vscode-eslint2.4.2 vscode-quick-select0.2.9 vscode-deno3.19.1 gitlens14.1.1 EditorConfig0.16.4 prettier-vscode9.19.0 vscode-google-translate1.4.13 codespaces1.14.12 copilot1.97.271 copilot-chat0.5. remotehub0.60.0 vscode-github-actions0.25.8 vscode-pull-request-github0.68.1 easy-snippet0.6.3 path-autocomplete1.24.1 latex-workshop9.13.1 lilypond-syntax0.1.1 scheme0.2.0 better-cpp-syntax1.17.2 google-search0.0.1 vscode-lua-format1.3.8 lilypond-formatter0.2.3 lilypond-pdf-preview0.2.8 lilypond-snippets0.1.1 vslilypond1.7.3 zotero0.1.10 git-graph1.30.0 vscode-docker1.26.0 black-formatter2023.4.1 flake82023.6.0 isort2023.11.

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related this also reproduces in stable VS code
We're going to remove the keybinding altogether as it should enter the buffer when toggle tab moves focus is enabled and not (as designed) without that
Changing the keybinding could throw users off,

though is wondering if we can treat this like a widget with results/ input and allow moving between the two with keybindings consistent with
Shift+tab is still going to the workbench even when I remove that keybinding and have tab moves focus mode off
We now allow using or to go to the terminal accessible buffer instead. I think it makes sense to remove as a keybinding next iteration if we agree that makes sense and The only downside of that would be users might already have in their muscle memory.
If we cannot resolve the synchronization issue with autocomplete and shift +Tab, I am in favor of removing the key-binding. there are worse things than retraining mussel memory.
Yes, and I just discussed, and we agree it can be removed this iteration.
We will also remove the tab index
I cannot reproduce the original issue in stable (either 1.81 or 1.78). What are the steps to verify?
Sorry, to verify, focus a terminal with screen reader mode enabled. Use . the accessible buffer should not open.
This does input and no longer shows the a11y buffer, but the event also bubbles beyond and moves the focus to the panel title incorrectly: !
Guessing we need to do something with tabindex that must've been removed in order to get this to work
I think it would be either shift+tab needs to be specially handled in or we should handle it and cancel the event in the custom key event handler.
not sure how this was working before. I dug through commits and tried reverting this one, which didn't help.