Copy to clipboard preserving formatting in VS Code
Type: <b>Feature Request</b>
It would be nice to have outputs in the VS Code copied to clipboard not just as text, but as either a markdown, or at least as formatted text.
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Extension version: 2.1.282
VS Code version: Code 1.139.1 (04c0d99f4fb0d8afe6ce4f0c58e31e183ac3e4b1, 2026-09-25T03:40:57Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-138-generic
Modes:
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<summary>System Info</summary>
|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v4 @ 2.20GHz (88 x 1197)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled<br>GPU0: VENDOR= 0x10de [Google Inc. (NVIDIA Corporation)], DEVICE=0x2684 [ANGLE (NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090/PCIe/SSE2, OpenGL 4.5.0 NVIDIA 610.57.04)], DRIVER_VENDOR=Nvidia, DRIVER_VERSION=610.57.04 ACTIVE<br>Machine model name: <br>Machine model version: <br>direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok<br>gpu_compositing: enabled<br>multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on<br>opengl: enabled_on<br>rasterization: enabled<br>raw_draw: disabled_off_ok<br>skia_graphite: disabled_off<br>trees_in_viz: disabled_off<br>video_decode: enabled<br>video_encode: disabled_software<br>vulkan: disabled_off<br>webgl: enabled<br>webgpu: enabled<br>webgpu_on_vk_via_gl_interop: enabled<br>webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|3, 3, 3|
|Memory (System)|251.76GB (122.99GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 35e02c26-2f54-42a9-82de-56d2cb39d103|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
|DESKTOP_SESSION|ubuntu|
|XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP|ubuntu:GNOME|
|XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP|ubuntu|
|XDG_SESSION_TYPE|x11|
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<summary>A/B Experiments</summary>
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nativeloc1:31344060
dwcopilot:31170013
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envsactivate1:31551504
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ei9d7968:31496641
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ddid_c:31478207
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