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Fix paste handling for single line copies #4306

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Fix paste escaping issue when cursor is inside string literals
CookedMelon Jan 13, 2026
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Refactor paste handling for single line copies
CookedMelon Jan 13, 2026
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions src/pasteEventHandler.ts
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Expand Up @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class PasteEditProvider implements DocumentPasteEditProvider {
this.languageClient = languageClient;
}


async prepareDocumentPaste?(document: TextDocument, _ranges: readonly Range[], dataTransfer: DataTransfer, _token: CancellationToken): Promise<void> {
const copiedContent: string = await dataTransfer.get(TEXT_MIMETYPE).asString();
if (copiedContent) {
Expand All @@ -73,6 +74,13 @@ class PasteEditProvider implements DocumentPasteEditProvider {
return null;
}

const editorData = dataTransfer.get("vscode-editor-data")?.value;
const isSingleLineCopy = Boolean(editorData && JSON.parse(editorData).isFromEmptySelection);
const isFromSameDocument = this.copiedContent === insertText && this.copiedDocumentUri === document.uri.toString();
if (isSingleLineCopy && isFromSameDocument) {
return undefined; // Let VS Code handle this normally
}

const range = ranges[0];

const location: Location = {
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