Copy Raw Value

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vscode-copyrawvalue

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Copy Raw Value

This adds a new menu option in the Run - Variables window to copy the raw value of an string variable. The normal Copy Value grabs an escaped version, which can be annoying. Using Copy Raw Value will unescape the characters and remove the quotes so it's immediately usable.

Demo

Sadly, this only works in Run - Variables. There isn't a way (yet?) to add items to the Run - Watch section, though Run - Watch does seem to support Format Specifiers like ",nq".

Release Notes
[1.0.0] - 2020-12-12
  • Initial release
Credit

A "Copy Raw Value" or feature has been requested a few times but always rejected by Microsoft. This extension uses code from one of the PRs for VSCode first created by jaqra.