Write selection text to hidden textarea on macOS #156717
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Fixes #27799
Explanation
macOS services will use
textarea
content and selection as an input source.this hidden
textarea
is originally for screen readers or accessibility devices. However, the textarea could be empty when user selecting text on macOS.read more details in
macOS: OS services cannot pick up selected text from editor #27799 (comment)
Before
macOS services are not available when
editor.accessibilitySupport
setting isoff
orauto
After (hidden textarea is made visible for illustration)
Code-OSS-30Jul22_23-10-19.mp4