- Added tracking to distinguish between auto-selection vs manual sele…

…ction.

- Added logic to not perform auto actions on manually selected text.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to the "Auto Select Pasted Text" extension will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.2.0] - 2023-10-09
+- Added tracking to distinguish between auto-selection vs manual selection.
+- Added logic to not perform auto actions on manually selected text.
+
 ## [0.1.9] - 2023-10-08
 - Updated changelog.
 

package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "displayName": "Auto Select Pasted Text",
   "description": "Automatically selects text after it's pasted",
   "icon": "autoselectpastedtextlogo.png",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "publisher": "davidcahill",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

src/extension.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 // Variable to store the last pasted content
 let lastPastedContent: string | null = null;
 
+// Flag to track if the selection was auto-selected after pasting
+let autoSelected: boolean = false;
+
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     // Create an output channel for logging extension-related activities
     const outputChannel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel("AutoSelectPaste");
@@ -13,11 +16,12 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     // Register the type command to handle the deselection behavior
     vscode.commands.registerCommand('type', (args) => {
         const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
-        if (editor) {
+        if (editor && autoSelected) {  // Check the autoSelected flag
             const currentSelection = editor.selection;
             if (!currentSelection.isEmpty) {
                 const currentPosition = currentSelection.end;
                 editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(currentPosition, currentPosition);
+                autoSelected = false;  // Reset the flag
             }
         }
         vscode.commands.executeCommand('default:type', args);
@@ -62,15 +66,15 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 
                         // Adjust the selection to cover the pasted content
                         editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(targetSelection.start, endPosition);
+                        // Set the autoSelected flag since we've auto-selected the pasted text
+                        autoSelected = true;
                         // Reveal the pasted content in the editor
                         editor.revealRange(new vscode.Range(targetSelection.start, endPosition), vscode.TextEditorRevealType.Default);
                     } else {
-                        outputChannel.appendLine("Failed to paste content.");
+                        outputChannel.appendLine('Clipboard is empty.');
                     }
                 });
             }
-        } else {
-            outputChannel.appendLine('Clipboard is empty.');
         }
     });
 
@@ -87,4 +91,4 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
             }
         }
     });
-}
+}