In visual studio code, if you press ctrl + c on a blank line, with nothing highlighted, it copies the blank line.
I thought there may was an option to disable this, but haven't been able to find it.
2 Answers
You should be able to do this by configuring the option editor.emptySelectionClipboard to false.
answered Mar 4, 2017 at 12:16
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13For me, this disables copying/cutting a line with ctrl-c/x when I have nothing selected. I only want to disable cutting lines that only contain whitespace...– N. McA.Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 22:31
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2If you don't like how the command works, you probably need to write your own extension or request an enhancement on the issues page. (I didn't write the code that implements the behavior you don't like, so it's a bit pointless to complain about it here.) Commented Aug 11, 2020 at 19:38
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Is there a similar option in Visual Studio 2022 too? I can't find it– FabioCommented May 16, 2023 at 15:49
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5@Fabio it's in Options->TextEditor->General "Cut or Copy the current line without selection" I don't know why anyone would ever want that to be turned on. I've accidentally duplicated lines so many times, causing build failures, just because there was no selection.– EyelashCommented May 18, 2023 at 7:47
There is an extension for it: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=usernamehw.do-not-copy-empty
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Cool. Might as well just change the settings with it being built in and all.– SolCommented Mar 1, 2021 at 16:17
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cool, but this extension works only with CTRL + C, not with CTRL + X Commented Aug 30, 2021 at 22:32
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1better than changing settings cause you don't lose the "copy line" functionality Commented Jul 19, 2022 at 17:46
editor.emptySelectionClipboard: trueworks, but not when the vim extension is enabled :-(