Copy Path with Lines

Copy absolute or relative file paths — with optional line numbers and selection ranges — straight to your clipboard. Ideal for referencing code locations in tickets, pull requests, chat, or documentation.

Commands

Four commands are available from the right-click context menu inside the editor (under Copy Path with Lines) and from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):

Command	Description
Copy Absolute Path	Full OS path to the file, no line suffix
Copy Absolute Path with Lines	Full path + current cursor line or selection range(s)
Copy Relative Path	Path relative to the workspace root, no line suffix
Copy Relative Path with Lines	Relative path + current cursor line or selection range(s)

Output Format

<path>:<line-suffix>

The path separator matches your OS (backslash on Windows, forward slash on Linux/Mac). Line numbers are always 1-based.

Linux / Mac examples

Situation	Absolute	Relative
No selection (file only)	`/home/user/proj/src/my_file.py`	`src/my_file.py`
Cursor on line 23	`/home/user/proj/src/my_file.py:23`	`src/my_file.py:23`
Selection: lines 23–45	`/home/user/proj/src/my_file.py:23-45`	`src/my_file.py:23-45`
Two ranges: 23–45 and 50	`/home/user/proj/src/my_file.py:23-45,50`	`src/my_file.py:23-45,50`
Two ranges: 23–45 and 50–98	`/home/user/proj/src/my_file.py:23-45,50-98`	`src/my_file.py:23-45,50-98`
Two cursors: line 23 and 50	`/home/user/proj/src/my_file.py:23,50`	`src/my_file.py:23,50`
Cursor 23 and range 50–98	`/home/user/proj/src/my_file.py:23,50-98`	`src/my_file.py:23,50-98`

Windows examples

Situation	Absolute	Relative
No selection	`C:\Users\user\proj\src\my_file.py`	`src\my_file.py`
Cursor on line 23	`C:\Users\user\proj\src\my_file.py:23`	`src\my_file.py:23`
Selection: lines 23–45	`C:\Users\user\proj\src\my_file.py:23-45`	`src\my_file.py:23-45`
Two ranges: 23–45 and 50–98	`C:\Users\user\proj\src\my_file.py:23-45,50-98`	`src\my_file.py:23-45,50-98`

Usage

Position your cursor or make a selection (or multiple selections — see below)
Right-click anywhere in the editor
Hover over Copy Path with Lines
Click the command you want
The result is in your clipboard — paste anywhere

Working with Multiple Selections

The "with Lines" commands are aware of all active cursors and selections. Each selection becomes a token (line or start-end), sorted top-to-bottom and joined with commas.

Multiple cursors → `:23,50`

Shortcut	How
`Alt+Click` / `Option+Click`	Place an additional cursor anywhere
`Ctrl+D` / `Cmd+D`	Select next occurrence of the current word (adds a cursor per match)
`Ctrl+Alt+↑` / `Cmd+Option+↑`	Add cursor on the line above
`Ctrl+Alt+↓` / `Cmd+Option+↓`	Add cursor on the line below

Each cursor is on a single line → each token is a single line number → result: :23,50

Multiple range selections → `:10-15,23-30`

Shortcut	How
`Ctrl+D` / `Cmd+D` (repeated)	Each press selects the next occurrence as a full range
`Ctrl+Shift+L` / `Cmd+Shift+L`	Select all occurrences of the current word at once

Each selection spans multiple lines → each token is a range → result: :10-15,23-30

Column / box selection → one token per row

Shortcut	How
`Shift+Alt+drag` / `Shift+Option+drag`	Drag to create a rectangular multi-line selection

Each row becomes a separate selection → each token is a single line → result: :10,11,12,13

Fallback Behavior

No workspace open: "Copy Relative Path" commands automatically fall back to the absolute path.
File outside the workspace root: same fallback — if the relative path would start with ../, the absolute path is used instead.
Unsaved (untitled) file: a warning is shown and nothing is copied.

Installation

From the Marketplace

Search for Copy Path with Lines in the VS Code Extensions panel (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X) and click Install.

From a `.vsix` file

code --install-extension copy-path-with-lines-0.1.0.vsix

License

MIT

Copy Path with Lines

Thiago Melo

Copy Path with Lines

Commands

Output Format

Linux / Mac examples

Windows examples

Usage

Working with Multiple Selections

Multiple cursors → :23,50

Multiple range selections → :10-15,23-30

Column / box selection → one token per row

Fallback Behavior

Installation

From the Marketplace

From a .vsix file

License

Multiple cursors → `:23,50`

Multiple range selections → `:10-15,23-30`

From a `.vsix` file