Get current text selection

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Hi, I’m replying in a hurry, so my post is not a completely finalised answer to your question.

You might use something like this:

let view = this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
if (!view) {
  // View can be null some times. Can't do anything in this case.
} else {
  let view_mode = view.getMode(); // "preview" or "source" (can also be "live" but I don't know when that happens)
  switch (view_mode) {
        case "preview":
            // The leaf is in preview mode, which makes things difficult.
            // I don't know how to get the selection when the editor is in preview mode :(
           break;
        case "source":
            // Ensure that view.editor exists!
            if ("editor" in view) {
                // Good, it exists.
                // @ts-ignore We already know that view.editor exists.
                let selection = view.editor.getSelection(); // THIS IS THE SELECTED TEXT, use it as you wish.
            }
            // If we get here, then 'view' does not have a property named 'editor'.
           break;
        default:
            // If we get here, then we did not recognise 'view_mode'.
            break;
    }
}

(I’ve copied and simplified this from my own plugin Shell commands. @Licat helped me with this a while ago, thanks to him!)

My question: How can we get the selection also when the current view is in preview mode? Thank you for support! :slight_smile: