[html] tag matching should work when the cursor is outside of the tag but next to one of the brackets

[Tyriar]

#8207

• VSCode Version: Code - Insiders 1.3.0-insider (d0c2b89, 2016-06-28T05:01:27.563Z)
• OS Version: Linux x64 4.4.0-24-generic, Ubuntu 16.04

/cc @alexandrudima

Consider the following code:

Notice how vscode highlights the brackets from the <li> when the cursor is at the end, I believe this is how general bracket matching works in vscode. For emmet the 'current' selected tag is actually the <a> as revealed when using the go to matching pair function:

The bracket matching in particular make this jump quite confusing. While I don't advocate designing around how Emmet works, this issue could be resolved by bringing the HTML/XML "matching pair" functionality in vscode to work when the cursor is outside the tag. Currently you need to focus the li:

This is what I want when the cursor is adjacent to a tag:

Ideally this matching would be the same as emmet in that when the cursor is in the middle of two tags not separated by whitespace, the tag after the cursor is highlighted.

[vscodebot]

This feature request will not be considered in the next 6-12 months roadmap and has been closed to keep the number of issues we have to maintain manageable. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Thanks for your understanding and happy coding!