get selected text into a variable VSCode

Question

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.

Ro

the 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); – Ils

Answer 1

It will be $(selectedText} once this vscode github code is released.

Edit: It's actually available now.

Sage

Can you please explain how to use this variable in VSCode? – Bandmaster

this variable is to be used in debugging and task configurations: code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/variables-reference – Hsiuhsu