在 vscode 中突出显示的文本上用户定义的键盘快捷键

Question

I need to create a shortcut that does the following:

I want to highlight text (say TEXT is highlighted) in the editor in vscode, and on triggering a keyboard shortcut, I need to replace it with say [\something TEXT]. How can I do this?

I tried adding the following to keybindings.json, of course, this does not work:

{
    "key": "ctrl+r",
    "command": "type",
    "args":{
    "text":"{\\color{red}%TEXT%}"
    },
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

Answer 1

You can use extension Regex Text Generator

{
    "key": "ctrl+r",
    "when": "editorTextFocus",
    "command": "regexTextGen.generateText",
    "args": {
      "generatorRegex" : "\\{\\color\\{red\\}{{0}}\\}",
    }
  }

Answer 2

Just make it a keybinding that inserts a snippet. Then you can use variables like $TM_SELECTED_TEXT .

{
    "key": "ctrl+r",
   "command":  "editor.action.insertSnippet",
    "args": {
      "snippet": "{\\color{red}${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}"
    },
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

Select your text ( Ctrl + D or double-click it) and then trigger the keybinding above.

You could use the command type but you need to use it twice in a macro: once before the keyword and once after, so it is easier to just use the insertSnippet version.