Wrap Selection Snippet on Visual Studio Code (vscode)

Question

I want to create an snippet when triggered it will surround the given text. Currently my snippet is:

{ 
  \"Function Creator Helper\": {
    \"prefix\": \"_w         


        

Answer 1

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/48676522/836330 Your example will work, as of vscode v1.49, as you have it. Vscode snippets have been updated to "remember" your selected text even though you seemingly overwrite it with your snippet prefix.

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Older answer:

You can use $TM_SELECTED_TEXT if you trigger it with a hotkey:

{
  "key": "cmd+k 1",
  "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
  "when": "editorTextFocus",
  "args": {
    //  "langId": "csharp",
    "name": "Function Creator Helper"
  }
}