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

${TM_SELECTED_TEXT} does not work for me either.

${selectedText} has been added as a Snippet Editor Variable: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/pull/39483#issuecomment-383552677

Example:

"JS Block Quote": {
    "prefix": "c2",
    "body": [
        "/* ${selectedText} */",
    ],
    "description": "JS Block Quote"
}

At this time it is not correctly documented: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_variables

NOTE: In a multi-line selection, ${selectedText} is truncated to the first line. An alternative is to use the the clipboard and the ${CLIPBOARD} variable. An extra step :(