Snippet Copy

Ever wanted to copy part of a source file as a snippet and paste it somewhere else, like in Slack or in a GitHub comment?

Previously, you either got a bunch of unnecessary indentation that made the snippet ugly to read or you had to manually un-tab the snippet, copy, and then reset the indentation. With Snippet Copy you can automatically get a snippet added to your clipboard with all the leading indentation already removed!

Installation

Get the extension from the marketplace or manually search for it in VS Code. The unique identifier is lumaxis.snippet-copy.

Features

All features can be used via different ways in VS Code

• ⌨️ The Command Palette and the pre-configured Keyboard Shortcuts

  

• 📝 The Context Menu on selected text in the editor

  

Copy Snippet

Simply get a copy of your currently selected code or text snippet added to your clipboard – without any leading indentation that you would otherwise need to remove manually.

Copy Snippet as Markdown Code Block

Copies the currently selected snippet without leading indentation and automatically wraps it in a fenced Markdown code block.
The code block can automatically include the language identifier for automatic syntax highlighting on some websites or tools. See below for details.

Options

Include Language Identifier

The "Copy Snippet as Markdown Code Block" command can optionally include the current VS Code document's language identifier in the Markdown code block. Including a language identifier enables syntax highlighting in some places (like in Issue or Pull Request comments on GitHub) but is incompatible with other tools, such as Slack.

This behavior can be controlled through a configuration setting:

"snippet-copy.markdownCodeBlock.includeLanguageIdentifier": "prompt" // Default is to always prompt on use

Possible options are:

Option	Description
"prompt"	Default. Prompts you whenever the "Copy Snippet as Markdown Code Block" command is used.
"always"	Always include the document's language identifier in the Markdown code block.
"never"	Never include the language identifer.

Convert Tabs to Spaces

Many tools or websites often render tabs very widely or generally in a weird way and make therefore them not very pleasant to look at. Snippet Copy therefore by default automatically converts a tab character to two spaces.

This can be adjusted in settings:

"snippet-copy.convertTabsToSpaces": {
    "enabled": true,
    "tabSize": 2
}

Setting	Description
"enabled"	true by default. Whether to convert tabs to spaces.
"tabSize"	2 is the default. How many spaces to convert a tab character to.

---

With an icon lovingly crafted by @dipree 🌺