Problem with insert mode after highlighting in visual mode

[shadyalfred]

So I am in Visual Mode, I highlight some text (basically to add brackets around them, it works in normal VS code configuration, highlighting stuff then adding brackets or quotes to them) then I enter insert mode using shift + i, it enters insert mode but the selection I made is gone. Am I using wrong key bindings or is it something I should change in the vim extension settings?

You can try it by:

1. Highlight text in Visual mode
2. Press shift + i to insert text
3. The selected text is unselected and you just insert text normally

In the normal VIM the selected text should have remained selected so that I can add brackets or quote marks to it 'like this'

• Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 0.16.12
• VSCode version: 1.28.2 (system setup)
• OS: Windows 7 64bit

[shadyalfred]

Update:
After looking up, it turned that VIM isn't supposed to work this way. After the visual select you press shift + s + (whatever kind of parentheses or quote marks you would like to add).
If you want to change a single quote into double quotes, in normal mode c + s + ' + " (change surrounding from ' into ")

[mxvoloshin]

have the same question, tried the shift + s but it deletes the selection

[EugenePopovych]

Update: After looking up, it turned that VIM isn't supposed to work this way. After the visual select you press shift + s + (whatever kind of parentheses or quote marks you would like to add). If you want to change a single quote into double quotes, in normal mode c + s + ' + " (change surrounding from ' into ")

Please take into account that this works only with vim.surround (https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround) plugin installed.