Is there an easy way to get selected text into a variable similar to native variable ${lineNumber} which is the current selected line number? It would be very useful as a parameter for link to online help etc. Thank you.
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11the easiest way you can get the current selected text I know of is... const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor; var selection = editor.selection; var text = editor.document.getText(selection); – sreenivas Oct 01 '17 at 17:16
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It will be $(selectedText} once this vscode github code is released.
Edit: It's actually available now.
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this variable is to be used in debugging and task configurations: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/variables-reference – Segfault May 04 '20 at 21:51