vscode-copy-word's Introduction

What's new in Copy Word in Cursor 3.10

Adds Translation/Localization support
Adds Web support
Adds Paste command
Adds Workspace Trust support
Adds Virtual Workspaces support
Adds Remote Development support

Support

Copy Word in Cursor is an open source extension created for Visual Studio Code. While being free and open source, if you find it useful, please consider supporting it.

Copy Word in Cursor

It can replace the default Cut, Copy, and Paste commands, using the current word when no text is selected.

Features

Available commands

Copy Word: Cut cut the current word
Copy Word: Copy copy the current word
Copy Word: Paste paste over the current word

Using as your default shortcuts

You only need to update your Keyboard Shortcuts.

Go to File / Preferences / Keyboard Shortcuts and add three new entries:

Windows/Linux

    { 
      "key": "Ctrl+c",          
      "command": "copy-word.copy",
      "when": "editorTextFocus"      
    },
    {
      "key": "Ctrl+x",          
      "command": "copy-word.cut",
      "when": "editorTextFocus" 
    },
    {
      "key": "Ctrl+v",
      "command": "copy-word.paste",
      "when": "editorTextFocus" 
    }

Mac

    { 
      "key": "Cmd+c",          
      "command": "copy-word.copy",
      "when": "editorTextFocus" 
    },
    { 
      "key": "Cmd+x",          
      "command": "copy-word.cut",
      "when": "editorTextFocus" 
    },
    { 
      "key": "Cmd+v",
      "command": "copy-word.paste",
      "when": "editorTextFocus" 
    }

Available Settings

Use original Cut/Copy behavior when no text is selected and no current word is defined (false by default)

    "copyWord.useOriginalCopyBehavior": true

Contributors

Special thanks to the people that have contributed to the project:

(@dudeNumber4) - Use original Cut/Copy behavior when no text is selected and no current word is defined (see PR)
(@dudeNumber4) - Add Paste support (see PR)