Using TM_SELECTED_TEXT in my custom snippets

Question

With the November 2016 (version 1.8) release of VSCode Snippet Variables are now supported, specifically TM_SELECTED_TEXT.

This makes me happy as I have used these h

Answer 1

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/17780

as per this thread you can assign exact snippet to keybinding by providing args. keybinding example for bootstrap media queries

{
    "key": "ctrl+alt+b",
    "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
    "when": "editorTextFocus",
    "args": {
        "name": "bsup"
    }
},
{
    "key": "ctrl+alt+shift+b",
    "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
    "when": "editorTextFocus",
    "args": {
        "name": "bsup_copy"
    }
},

snippet example

"bsup": {
    "prefix": "bsup",
    "body": [
        "@include media-breakpoint-up(md){",
        "\t${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}",
        "}"
    ],
    "description": "Bootstrap media up"
},
"bsup_copy": {
    "prefix": "bsup_copy",
    "body": [
        "${1:${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}",
        "@include media-breakpoint-up(md){",
        "\t${2:${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}",
        "}"
    ],
    "description": "Bootstrap media up + copy selected text"
},

UPD: moreover - you can define snippet directly in keybindings.json which seems to be even more convenient for me in some cases

{
  "key": "cmd+shift+c",
  "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
  "when": "editorTextFocus",
  "args": {
     "snippet": "console.log('${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}', $TM_SELECTED_TEXT$1);"
  }
}