Copy code in vscode, then paste into Evernote or Word, the indents will disappeared

[sunwin123]

• VSCode Version: newest version.
• OS Version: Windows 10.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.When {Editor:Detect indentation} is set Off, then you type codes in vscode editor with tab indent, then select & copy the codes, then paste it in other applications such as Word/Evernote, the indentations disappear!
2. However, When {Editor:Detect indentation} is set On, then you type codes in vscode editor with tab indent, then select & copy the codes, then paste it in other applications such as Word/Evernote, the indentations are there!
3. So, it is certainly an issue of VSCode! Not of other applications.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

[sunwin123]

I find another thing:
When paste into Plain text editors, indents will not disappear.
When paste into Rich text editors, indents disappear!

So, I think it shouldn't be an issue of those other rich text editors. It is of VSCode.

[sunwin123]

It is really a big problem for many programmers, they usually use copy/paste code into their blogs or notes.

[vscodebot]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for existing issues here. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[vsxen]

Yes, when you use Space indentation in your code, the idents will lost in OneNote, but use Tab indentation is normal.
So you'd better convert indents to Tabs in VSCode before copy：

Click ctrl + shift + p
Find command Convert Indentation to Tabs
Execute it and then copy your code to OneNote

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