Fixes #27937: Do not over-type equal auto closing pairs when the character count is even

src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursorTypeOperations.ts

@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ export class TypeOperations {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		const isEqualPair = (ch === config.autoClosingPairsClose[ch]);
+
 		for (let i = 0, len = selections.length; i < len; i++) {
 			const selection = selections[i];
 
@@ -424,11 +426,28 @@ export class TypeOperations {
 			if (afterCharacter !== ch) {
 				return false;
 			}
+
+			if (isEqualPair) {
+				const lineTextBeforeCursor = lineText.substr(0, position.column - 1);
+				const chCntBefore = this._countNeedlesInHaystack(lineTextBeforeCursor, ch);
+				if (chCntBefore % 2 === 0) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private static _countNeedlesInHaystack(haystack: string, needle: string): number {
+		let cnt = 0;
+		let lastIndex = -1;
+		while ((lastIndex = haystack.indexOf(needle, lastIndex + 1)) !== -1) {
+			cnt++;
+		}
+		return cnt;
+	}
+
 	private static _runAutoClosingCloseCharType(config: CursorConfiguration, model: ITokenizedModel, selections: Selection[], ch: string): EditOperationResult {
 		let commands: ICommand[] = [];
 		for (let i = 0, len = selections.length; i < len; i++) {

src/vs/editor/test/common/controller/cursor.test.ts

@@ -3493,12 +3493,12 @@ suite('autoClosingPairs', () => {
 			let autoClosePositions = [
 				'var a =| [|];|',
 				'var b =| |`asd`;|',
-				'var c =| !\'asd!\';|',
+				'var c =| |\'asd!\';|',
 				'var d =| |"asd";|',
 				'var e =| /*3*/|	3;|',
 				'var f =| /**| 3 */3;|',
 				'var g =| (3+5);|',
-				'var h =| {| a:| !\'value!\'| |};|',
+				'var h =| {| a:| |\'value!\'| |};|',
 			];
 			for (let i = 0, len = autoClosePositions.length; i < len; i++) {
 				const lineNumber = i + 1;
@@ -3518,6 +3518,19 @@ suite('autoClosingPairs', () => {
 		mode.dispose();
 	});
 
+	test('issue #27937: Trying to add an item to the front of a list is cumbersome', () => {
+		let mode = new AutoClosingMode();
+		usingCursor({
+			text: [
+				'var arr = ["b", "c"];'
+			],
+			languageIdentifier: mode.getLanguageIdentifier()
+		}, (model, cursor) => {
+			assertType(model, cursor, 1, 12, '"', '""', `does not over type and will auto close`);
+		});
+		mode.dispose();
+	});
+
 	test('issue #25658 - Do not auto-close single/double quotes after word characters', () => {
 		let mode = new AutoClosingMode();
 		usingCursor({