[BUG] stuck in visual mode

[meronogbai]

General information

• Terminal program: unknown unknown (xterm-kitty), but it's actually kitty 0.42.1
• Operating system: macOS 15.4.1 (24E263)
• ZSH framework: zinit
• ZSH framework: zinit v3.13.1-12-g0c471af3 (darwin24.0_arm64)
• ZSH version: zsh 5.9 (arm64-apple-darwin24.0)
• ZVM version: zsh-vi-mode 0.11.0

Basic examination

• I have read through the README page
• I have the latest version of zsh-vi-mode
• I have tested with another terminal program (Ghostty 1.13)

Problem description

I sometimes get stuck in visual mode and can't go back to normal mode. Here's an example on how to recreate.

Reproduction steps

1. go from normal mode to visual mode
2. go to command mode
3. hit ctrl-c
4. back to visual mode
5. hit ctrl-c again to try to go to normal mode again
6. get stuck in visual mode

Screen.Recording.2025-05-17.at.2.35.27.PM.mov

Expected behavior

I should be able to go back to normal mode without issues.

[meronogbai]

See my .zshrc if you're interested.

[hernancerm]

I'm on version 0.12.0. I've noticed cases where the visual mode highlight lingers after leaving visual mode.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Type anything.
2. Type v, then h some times to select some characters.
3. Type either A or I.

Actual behavior: Insert mode is entered, the cursor is placed not where it should as per Vim and the visual highlight remains.
Expected behavior: Insert mode is entered, the cursor is placed where it should as per Vim and the visual highlight is gone.

zvm-317-lingering-visual-highlight.mp4

[jeffreytse]

Hi @hernancerm, thanks for your issue, I've created #329 to follow it.