"Select to copy" in integrated terminal

[gswalden]

iTerm2 has a very convenient feature which copies any selection to your clipboard immediately upon mouseup. If VS Code could implement this in the integrated terminal, I think it'd be great!

I will also note I fully understand I could use iTerm2 has an external terminal to make use of this feature today.

[smuuf]

If implemented, please make this an option. I wouldn't want to overwrite my precious clipboard just by selecting something in the terminal.

[ffes]

The Cygwin mintty has this feature as well and I always miss it when I open use my terminal in Xubuntu. I would immediately enable such a feature.

[Tyriar]

In the meantime you may want to turn this one on which is common on Windows:

  // When set, this will prevent the context menu from appearing when right clicking
  // within the terminal, instead it will copy when there is a selection and paste when
  // there is no selection.
  "terminal.integrated.rightClickCopyPaste": true,

[Tyriar]

No plans to implement this, there are already many ways to configure copy/paste in the terminal.

[vikas027]

Hey @Tyriar ,
As of now, I am usingcmd+c to copy text in terminal. What is the alternative (as mentioned in the previous comment) there to do the same by just selecting text?

[gswalden]

@vikas027 using the setting he mentioned here you can select then right-click to copy.

[vikas027]

Thanks @gswalden , I got it now. So it is select, right-click to copy, and then right-click to paste.

[mikecarr]

@TyIar "No plans to implement this, there are already many ways to configure copy/paste in the terminal" do you wish to elaborate? Is there a link somewhere we can go see how? Is this tribal knowledge? This may not be evident to new users.

[Tyriar]

@mikecarr I did a write up on this here http://www.growingwiththeweb.com/2017/03/mastering-vscodes-terminal.html#copy-and-paste

[Tyriar]

This ended up being added, see #36271. See the terminal.integrated.copyOnSelection setting