fix: clamp cursor column during rendering to prevent display at invalid positions #1414
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I occasionally observe the cursor appearing at an indented position on empty lines (e.g., cursor visually at column 4 when the line has 0 characters). The issue:
Investigation
clipPositionproperly clamps to line lengthtranslateScreenPositionandconstrainScreenPositioncorrectly clip positionssetScreenPositioncorrectly delegates to display markeraddCursorDecorationToMeasureusesmarker.getScreenRange()which occasionally returns stale/unclipped position due to timingThe root cause appears to be a race condition where the display layer's spatial index or screen line data hasn't fully synchronized when cursor decoration rendering queries the marker's screen position.
Solution
Add defensive column clamping at the rendering level in
addCursorDecorationToMeasure().This reuses the lineLengthForScreenRow() call that was already being made, so there's no performance impact.