Is it possible to duplicate a selected / highlighted text to the right of the cursor in VS Code?
Meaning:
before: 123
after: 123123
In Sublime it is possible to do using CMD+SHIFT+D.
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@Vega - none of those suggestions, all about copying lines up/down, do what the OP wants. I have answered it below with a more recent command. – Mark Feb 01 '20 at 17:54
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No, the feature is not available. see feature request
You can do line duplication.VS Code has two shortcuts
Shift+Alt+Down Copy Line Down editor.action.copyLinesDownAction
Shift+Alt+Up Copy Line Up editor.action.copyLinesUpAction
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its important for developers to create duplicate
like ctrl + D in Notepad++
link ctrl + shift + D in SublimeText
it is not available in VSCode
you can try ctrl + drag mouse
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There is now a editor.action.duplicateSelection command (unbound to any default keybinding) that does exactly what you want. For example,
{
"key": "alt+m", // or whatever keybinding you wish
"command": "editor.action.duplicateSelection"
}
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this will work on mac too (alt) automatically converted to mac 'option' key – vbp13 Jan 19 '23 at 01:58
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If it is possible you will can customize your own shortcut in the configurations.
You can press cmd + k , cmd + s to open the shortcuts editor then you can find for “duplicate” word in the searchbar.
I think is better that I teach you know how to fish, not give you a fish
