Setting Console.TreatControlCAsInput to true causes text to be removable

[vsfeedback]

This issue has been moved from a ticket on Developer Community.

---

For some reason, setting Console.TreatControlCAsInput to 'true' causes text printed with "Console.Write" to be removable. To reproduce, simply create a new Console application and paste the following code in the main method:

//Console.TreatControlCAsInput = true;
Console.Write("Test> ");
while (true) Console.Read();

Start the application (with the first line commented) and write some input. Then hold down backspace; the text should remove until the end of "Test> " and you aren't able to remove more characters.
Now uncomment the first line and start the application again. Write some input and hold down backspace; for some reason now every text is removed with backspace, even what was printed with Console.Write.

---

Original Comments

Feedback Bot on 5/21/2020, 03:45 AM:

We have directed your feedback to the appropriate engineering team for further evaluation. The team will review the feedback and notify you about the next steps.

Feedback Bot on 7/2/2020, 11:17 PM:

I have detected that for the last 35 days, this issue didn't have much product team activity and a very small amount of new votes or comments. Based on this, its severity, and affected area, it’s my experience that this issue is very unlikely to be fixed.

Dada Huo [MSFT] on 11/3/2020, 00:38 AM:

Thank you for taking the time to log this issue! Did you still reproduce this issue in the latest stable version of Visual Studio installed from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads ?
If so, could you please provide a sample solution that has this problem so that we can conduct further research?

We look forward to hearing from you!

Full Name on 11/10/2020, 04:27 AM:

(private comment, text removed)

---

Original Solutions

(no solutions)

[ghost]

Tagging subscribers to this area: @eiriktsarpalis, @jeffhandley
See info in area-owners.md if you want to be subscribed.

Issue Details

Description:	This issue has been moved from a ticket on Developer Community. For some reason, setting Console.TreatControlCAsInput to 'true' causes text printed with "Console.Write" to be removable. To reproduce, simply create a new Console application and paste the following code in the main method: //Console.TreatControlCAsInput = true; Console.Write("Test> "); while (true) Console.Read(); Start the application (with the first line commented) and write some input. Then hold down backspace; the text should remove until the end of "Test> " and you aren't able to remove more characters. Now uncomment the first line and start the application again. Write some input and hold down backspace; for some reason now every text is removed with backspace, even what was printed with Console.Write. Original Comments Feedback Bot on 5/21/2020, 03:45 AM: We have directed your feedback to the appropriate engineering team for further evaluation. The team will review the feedback and notify you about the next steps. Feedback Bot on 7/2/2020, 11:17 PM: I have detected that for the last 35 days, this issue didn't have much product team activity and a very small amount of new votes or comments. Based on this, its severity, and affected area, it’s my experience that this issue is very unlikely to be fixed. Dada Huo [MSFT] on 11/3/2020, 00:38 AM: Thank you for taking the time to log this issue! Did you still reproduce this issue in the latest stable version of Visual Studio installed from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads ? If so, could you please provide a sample solution that has this problem so that we can conduct further research? We look forward to hearing from you! Full Name on 11/10/2020, 04:27 AM: (private comment, text removed) Original Solutions (no solutions)
Author:	vsfeedback
Assignees:	-
Labels:	area-System.Console, untriaged
Milestone:	-

[eiriktsarpalis]

The issue reproduces on Windows only (both in .NET Core and framework). Linux is unaffected.