Select a block of text via VS Code API

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How can I select/highlight a block of text by two different vscode.Positions via VS Code API?

create a `vscode.Selection` and assign it in an array to the `editor.selections` — rioV8, Jul 14 '22 at 15:34
As rioV8 said you have the anchor and active `Position`s of the selection. Put those into a `new Selection(postions here)` and then `editor.selections = [your new selection]. — Mark, Jul 14 '22 at 16:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 15 '22 at 22:53

First, you need to create the two Position objects:

const pos1 = new vscode.Position(line1, col1);
const pos2 = new vscode.Position(line2, col2);

Second, you create a Selection using pos1 as the anchor position, and pos2 as the active position:

const sel = new vscode.Selection(pos1, pos2)

Third, you assign an array containing that selection to the selections of the currently active TextEditor:

const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;

editor.selections = [sel];

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