How to get highlighted text from VSCode Extension API

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I'm using the VSCode API to build an extension, but I've found no documentation that covers how to grab the user's highlighted text, such as that shown below:

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There is a similar question regarding the word the cursor is currently on, but I would like to grab the entirety of the highlighted text.

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2 Answers

The solution is a modified version of Mark's answer here.

const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
const selection = editor.selection;
if (selection && !selection.isEmpty) {
    const selectionRange = new vscode.Range(selection.start.line, selection.start.character, selection.end.line, selection.end.character);
    const highlighted = editor.document.getText(selectionRange);
}
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You can use the active text editor using the activeTextEditor API call and then use the selections field to get your selection ranges. Your code would look something like this:

let editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor
let selections = editor.selections

VSCode API Docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api#TextEditor

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