Does VSCode can escape text when pasting into a string literal?

Question

Eclipse has an option that copy-paste of multi-line text into String literals will result in quoted newlines.

Preferences > Java > Editor > Typing > Escape text when pasting into a string literal

Does vscode can do it?

for example

copy bellow and paste:

some text with tabs and new lines

Then eclipse change like this:

"some text\twith tabs\r\n" + "and new \r\n" + "lines"

How can I do it in vscode?

Answer 1

No, it can't at this moment. There is a closed issue for this at backlog without an estimation.

There is a plugin at marketplace that does the job, but for TypeScript.

Answer 2

There is a plug that works for JavaScript and others now: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=cvbge.escape-string

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