Cut a line with ⌘X if no text selected like VSCode but how to check there are selected text or not?

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I’d like to ⌘X cut behavior like VSCode on any apps.

  • if selected text, cut selected part
  • if no selection, cut current whole line

I make below but doesn't work cut whole line part. Seems "there are selected text or not" part doesn't make sense. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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2

your logic is fine, the problem is - BTT doesn't really know whether text is selected or not. It just sends cmd+c to the system and then returns the clipboard contents.

Unfortunately when pressing cmd+c while nothing is selected, it will return the previous clipboard content.

I modified the behavior 4.369 alpha a bit, so it will try to figure out whether the clipboard content has changed and if not return an empty string. So maybe your shortcut will work correctly with that version.

3

Thanks for the quick response and the alpha version! It worked as intended!

Now I can not only cut, but also copy, capitalize, translate, and more, without tedious selection!