Vscode: Mouse back and forward buttons do not work on linux/windows anymore

Created on 27 Mar 2019 · 24Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode

Issue Type: Bug

They work in chrome and worked in vs code before. But in 1.32 they don't work anymore. Can't remember exact version where they worked but in chromium these buttons work fine. These buttons are recognized by X as 8 and 9.

VS Code version: Code 1.32.3 (a3db5be9b5c6ba46bb7555ec5d60178ecc2eaae4, 2019-03-14T23:38:49.842Z)
OS version: Linux x64 4.19.31-1-lts

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 x 2471)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
checker_imaging: disabled_off
flash_3d: enabled
flash_stage3d: enabled
flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software
rasterization: disabled_software
surface_synchronization: enabled_on
video_decode: unavailable_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled|
|Load (avg)|1, 1, 2|
|Memory (System)|15.61GB (4.96GB free)|
|Process Argv||
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|

Extensions (47)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version
---|---|---
better-comments|aar|2.0.3
vscode-hie-server|ala|0.0.25
better-toml|bun|0.3.2
path-intellisense|chr|1.4.2
vscode-eslint|dba|1.8.2
vscode-dash|dee|2.1.0
xml|Dot|2.4.0
gitlens|eam|9.5.1
EditorConfig|Edi|0.13.0
prettier-vscode|esb|1.8.1
file-icons|fil|1.0.16
code-runner|for|0.9.7
kotlin|fwc|0.1.13
godot-tools|gee|0.3.7
todo-tree|Gru|0.0.125
live-html-previewer|hdg|0.3.0
hoogle-vscode|jca|0.0.7
svn-scm|joh|1.47.10
language-haskell|jus|2.5.0
favorites|kdc|2.4.5
Lisp|mat|0.1.8
vscode-todo-parser|min|1.9.1
vscode-language-pack-ru|MS-|1.32.4
python|ms-|2019.3.6139
cpptools|ms-|0.22.1
csharp|ms-|1.18.0
mono-debug|ms-|0.15.8
vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin|ms-|1.0.0
vsliveshare|ms-|0.3.1403
debugger-for-chrome|msj|4.11.3
gradle-language|nac|0.2.3
vscode-subword-navigation|ow|1.2.0
phoityne-vscode|pho|0.0.22
java|red|0.41.0
vscode-yaml|red|0.4.0
rust|rus|0.5.4
vscode-hexdump|sle|1.7.2
emmylua|tan|0.2.3
cmake|twx|0.0.17
cmake-tools|vec|1.1.3
vscodeintellicode|Vis|1.1.5
vscode-svg-previewer|vit|0.5.0
vscode-java-debug|vsc|0.17.0
debug|web|0.23.0
jinja|who|0.0.8
clang-format|xav|1.9.0
vscode-proto3|zxh|0.2.2

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Source

Yanpas

👍7

Most helpful comment

This will be released next week as a recovery fix to stable. Thanks for testing 👍

bpasero on 5 Jul 2019

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What did they used to do?

Tyriar on 31 Mar 2019

If I ctrl+clicked on some word in code (go to definition) and clicked back button I would return to my previous cursor position.

I think that they were bound to workbench.action.navigateBack, workbench.action.navigateForward actions.

Yanpas on 31 Mar 2019

Same issue on Windows now. This works in the latest released VS Code 1.35.1 on Windows, but it doesn't on insiders:

Version: 1.36.0-insider (system setup)
Commit: 15b7c86d86319b187a5ef255c170184a8519c5af
Date: 2019-06-14T10:37:04.235Z
Electron: 4.2.4
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362

ghost on 15 Jun 2019

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Same issue on windows: Mouse back and mouse forward does not navigate

Version: 1.36.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: 11b88a3323878a98b418e4efca77e7afabd50d01
Date: 2019-06-17T05:17:47.485Z
Electron: 4.2.4
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.16299

stssk on 17 Jun 2019

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+1 for hitting this issue on latest code insider on Windows.

Version: 1.36.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: d04b5d2eb16c156e24dbf44010c315d968694bd6
Date: 2019-06-13T05:19:34.516Z
Electron: 4.2.3
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18915

aruproy14 on 19 Jun 2019

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same, and it makes me go insane!

Version: 1.36.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: fe0c3e785c22c3ed2d5caa7178488c92d62bdb08
Date: 2019-06-28T12:34:35.956Z
Electron: 4.2.5
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362

furier on 2 Jul 2019

As others have noted, this bug clearly isn't limited to Linux, navigating back/forward via mouse buttons broke when I updated from 1.35.1 to 1.36.0 (stable) today.

Version: 1.36.0 (system setup)
Commit: 0f3794b38477eea13fb47fbe15a42798e6129338
Date: 2019-07-03T13:25:46.372Z
Electron: 4.2.5
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

bkromhout on 3 Jul 2019

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https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17134 seems to be the origin of this issue.

bpasero on 4 Jul 2019

I have pushed a change to not rely on Electron for these mouse events and rather listen on the MouseEvent.button values 3 and 4. This can also be turned off now with the new setting workbench.editor.mouseBackForwardToNavigate

NOTE: we NEVER supported mouse navigation on Linux. The solution we had in place was ONLY working on Windows. With my new changes however I can see it working for Linux as well as Windows, however not macOS. There you can configure the workbench.editor.swipeToNavigate setting to navigate via swipe gesture.

bpasero on 4 Jul 2019

❤9

Thanks for the quick work @bpasero! Is there any possibility we might be able to get this into the June 2019 Recovery milestone rather than the July 2019 milestone? Having to wait a month for a high-use (and very intuitive, muscle-memory wise) navigation feature like this would be rather painful.

bkromhout on 4 Jul 2019

👍6

Reopening for discussion for recovery.

bpasero on 4 Jul 2019

👍5 ❤4

It would be nice if people could validate the fix on Windows and Linux from our latest (just released) insider build: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

bpasero on 4 Jul 2019

Still not working for me.

Version: 1.36.0-insider (system setup)
Commit: 0f3794b38477eea13fb47fbe15a42798e6129338
Date: 2019-07-03T08:00:29.662Z
Electron: 4.2.5
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362

ghost on 5 Jul 2019

👍1

@look-at-me due to a lot of build issues we had to roll back our insiders build and it does not seem to include my fix.

Here are builds to try it out:

Windows: download
Linux: download

bpasero on 5 Jul 2019

👍5

@look-at-me due to a lot of build issues we had to roll back our insiders build and it does not seem to include my fix.

Here are builds to try it out:

Windows: download

Linux: download

It's working

roger225 on 5 Jul 2019

👍6 🎉5

@look-at-me due to a lot of build issues we had to roll back our insiders build and it does not seem to include my fix.

Here are builds to try it out:

Windows: download

Linux: download

works for me as well! :)

furier on 5 Jul 2019

👍4

This will be released next week as a recovery fix to stable. Thanks for testing 👍

bpasero on 5 Jul 2019

🎉24

Can we get a hotfix for it into 1.36? Extremely annoying issue making VSCode for me borderline unusable...

lanovoy on 5 Jul 2019

👍9

Pretty annoying, I am so used to it! Thanks for your fast response in fixing and releasing that!

A dirty workaround: Bind your back and forward keys to "Alt + LeftArrow/RightArrow".

N3bul0 on 5 Jul 2019

1.37.0-insider seems to work

bradgearon on 6 Jul 2019

It seems to work however with a change of behaviour:

It was navigating forward/backward based on history of the cursor position, but it is now navigating based on files.

MrMuMu on 10 Jul 2019

So far the best 'workaround' is downgrading to 1.35 (download it here https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_35 )

lanovoy on 10 Jul 2019

For me on Windows machine it navigates based on cursor position. Not very precisely, tbh, it misses some intermediary positions, however it works same as when pressing Alt-Fwd/Back

inliquid on 10 Jul 2019

same for me on windows as @inliquid

ons. 10. jul. 2019 kl. 14:53 skrev inliquid notifications@github.com:

For me on Windows machine it navigates based on cursor position. Not very
precisely, tbh, it misses some intermediary positions, however it works
same as when pressing Alt-Fwd/Back

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