Copy without formatting

Visual Studio Code extension to copy text without formatting

⚠️ You may not need this extension

After this extension was first published, Visual Studio Code added a new setting:

  // Controls whether syntax highlighting should be copied into the clipboard.
  "editor.copyWithSyntaxHighlighting": true,

(https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings#_default-settings)

If you set that to false, then the Copy command will copy without formatting and you can use the Copy With Syntax Highlighting command when needed.

Features

• Adds the ability to copy text without formatting (syntax highlighting, font, etc)
• Accessible from the right-click context menu or these keyboard shortcuts:
  • Linux/Windows: Ctrl+Shift+C
  • Mac: Shift+⌘+C

Development

1. Clone this project

2. Install dependencies

   npm i
   

3. Open this project in its own window in Visual Studio Code

   code .
   

4. Run the extension

   Press F5 in Visual Studio Code