Vscode: Feature request: paste and select pasted text

[gsbelarus]

Reason: sometimes there is a need to copy a block of text within the same file and replace some words within copied block.

Ctrl-Shift-V would be a good combination for the command.

[gsbelarus]

Also consider opening Replace window with Selected text option active. i.e. the command will do three actions in one:

1. paste block
2. select it
3. open window for a search-replace values

[zhangfeiran]

Many times after I paste a block of text and find indent is needed, and I have to re-select this pasted block and press tab. So this feature could be very useful to me!

[haifengkao]

I think we can make selected pasted text by modifying paste-and-indent and remap the paste key.

Another way is to use VSCodeVim and finish https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/pull/3672/commits/29d7a1a34429be1f58717cc6ea4131c0fb513d33

We only need a brave hero to implement it

[TheSench]

I often have the opposite use-case, where I want to highlight some text and then paste it multiple times to duplicate it. This workflow would be broken with this suggestion. This functionality should be toggle-able.

[TheSench]

I wonder if this also has implications on mutli-cursor highlighting and pasting over top of the selection.

[TheSench]

Another issue I'm running into with this behavior:
Highlight a block of text, paste in a replacement, and start typing to add on to the end of it.

[borsboom]

@TheSench I don't think anyone is suggesting changing the normal paste behaviour (it would be super disorienting to deviate from what basically all other software does). This would be an additional action.

[TheSench]

@borsboom I would hope so. Unfortunately, the current version of the insider's release was behaving this way today. I originally ended up here from #59881 which did seem to be advocating for changing the default paste behavior. I think I may have mixed that issue up with this one (which is very clearly advocating for an additional "paste-and-highlight" action.

[Palidino]

I ended up here for a similar issue. Unless I'm remembering wrong, pasting over selected text didn't use to select the now pasted text. Is there a way to toggle this off?

[FlamingFlowair]

The fix proposed in issue 82802 worked for me.

[ccidral]

Changing the default paste behavior would be quite disruptive. It makes more sense to add a new command and let users configure their own key bindings.

[haifengkao]

If you guys are using vim, just

1. installs VSCodeVim plugin
2. add the setting "nnoremap gp `[v`]"
3. in normal mode, type gp to select pasted text

[vscode-triage-bot]

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