VSCode - Ctrl + Alt + L adds weird character. Need to get rid of it

Question

I seem to have enabled an awkward mode in my VS Code editor that i cant seem to backtrack.

I initially set my Ctrl + Alt + L keybinding to format the code in my editor. Which it initially did. After that - I don't know - I must have pressed some set of keys (maybe shift + something, but I'm not sure), and now whenever I use that key bind. It instead enters a tiny dot like character.

'royalblue̥̥̥̥', <- Like that.

I don't know what this character is and how it came. But I can't get rid of it.

How do I get rid of it?

UPDATE: The issue seems to have been solved, I don't know how. Apparently, when I restarted my machine, the issue was gone (maybe others who come across this can try doing the same). I am, however, keeping this question open, in case someone encounters this and can't get rid of it. Perhaps, an answer may arise and we can finally find out what the issue was all along.

Answer 1

I can confirm that this is due to keyboard language setup. My machine's language was set to English (India) and this same issue started since then. I switched to English (UK) and it got fixed.

I am not sure if this issue is specific to English (India) keyboard language, though. I have English (US) and Urdu (India) keyboard languages as well and I don't face this issue with them.