Fixes #64810

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

@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ export class WordOperations {
 		let lineNumber = position.lineNumber;
 		let column = position.column;
 
+		let movedDown = false;
 		if (column === model.getLineMaxColumn(lineNumber)) {
 			if (lineNumber < model.getLineCount()) {
+				movedDown = true;
 				lineNumber = lineNumber + 1;
 				column = 1;
 			}
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ export class WordOperations {
 				column = model.getLineMaxColumn(lineNumber);
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (nextWordOnLine && column >= nextWordOnLine.start + 1) {
+			if (nextWordOnLine && !movedDown && column >= nextWordOnLine.start + 1) {
 				nextWordOnLine = WordOperations._findNextWordOnLine(wordSeparators, model, new Position(lineNumber, nextWordOnLine.end + 1));
 			}
 			if (nextWordOnLine) {

src/vs/editor/contrib/wordOperations/test/wordOperations.test.ts

@@ -295,6 +295,21 @@ suite('WordOperations', () => {
 		assert.deepEqual(actual, EXPECTED);
 	});
 
+	test('issue #64810: cursorWordStartRight skips first word after newline', () => {
+		// This is the behaviour observed in Visual Studio, please do not touch test
+		const EXPECTED = ['Hello |World|', '|Hei |mailman|'].join('\n');
+		const [text,] = deserializePipePositions(EXPECTED);
+		const actualStops = testRepeatedActionAndExtractPositions(
+			text,
+			new Position(1, 1),
+			ed => moveWordStartRight(ed),
+			ed => ed.getPosition(),
+			ed => ed.getPosition().equals(new Position(2, 12))
+		);
+		const actual = serializePipePositions(text, actualStops);
+		assert.deepEqual(actual, EXPECTED);
+	});
+
 	test('deleteWordLeft for non-empty selection', () => {
 		withTestCodeEditor([
 			'    \tMy First Line\t ',