vscode-test-set-content
Provides a set of helper functions for setting the content of the Visual Studio Code instance.
Usage
const setContent = ; ;
Setting the content with a collapsed selection (^
):
setContent ;
Setting the content with a ranged selection ([
, ]
, {
, }
):
setContent ;
Markers
- Collapsed:
^
- Simply marks where the selection caret should be.
- Ranged:
-
[
,]
- Marks where selection anchor opening or close should be. Anchor is a position where the selection was started. -
{
,}
- Marks where selection active opening or close should be.Active part is the part where the selection ended, and it's the point from which the selection is continued from if you continue to enlarge the selection.
-
Customizing Markers
If the default markers collide with your use case, you can customize it.
const setContent = ; setContent ;
Limitations
- Nested and intersecting ranges are not handled, since those are not handled in VSCode itself as of version 1.9.1.
Related
If you need to easily get your content with or without selection, be sure to check vscode-test-get-content package.