Add setting to prevent copying empty selections

src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts

@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ class InternalEditorOptionsHelper {
 			suggestOnTriggerCharacters: toBoolean(opts.suggestOnTriggerCharacters),
 			acceptSuggestionOnEnter: toBoolean(opts.acceptSuggestionOnEnter),
 			snippetSuggestions: opts.snippetSuggestions,
+			emptySelectionClipboard: opts.emptySelectionClipboard,
 			tabCompletion: opts.tabCompletion,
 			wordBasedSuggestions: opts.wordBasedSuggestions,
 			suggestFontSize: opts.suggestFontSize,
@@ -762,6 +763,11 @@ let editorConfiguration: IConfigurationNode = {
 			'default': DefaultConfig.editor.snippetSuggestions,
 			'description': nls.localize('snippetSuggestions', "Controls whether snippets are shown with other suggestions and how they are sorted.")
 		},
+		'editor.emptySelectionClipboard': {
+			'type': 'boolean',
+			'default': DefaultConfig.editor.emptySelectionClipboard,
+			'description': nls.localize('emptySelectionClipboard', "Controls whether copying without a selection copies the current line.")
+		},
 		'editor.wordBasedSuggestions': {
 			'type': 'boolean',
 			'default': DefaultConfig.editor.wordBasedSuggestions,

src/vs/editor/common/config/defaultConfig.ts

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class ConfigClass implements IConfiguration {
 			suggestOnTriggerCharacters: true,
 			acceptSuggestionOnEnter: true,
 			snippetSuggestions: 'bottom',
+			emptySelectionClipboard: true,
 			tabCompletion: false,
 			wordBasedSuggestions: true,
 			suggestFontSize: 0,

src/vs/editor/common/editorCommon.ts

@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ export interface IEditorOptions {
 	 * Enable snippet suggestions. Default to 'true'.
 	 */
 	snippetSuggestions?: 'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none';
+	/**
+	 * Copying without a selection copies the current line.
+	 */
+	emptySelectionClipboard?: boolean;
 	/**
 	 * Enable tab completion. Defaults to 'false'
 	 */
@@ -862,6 +866,7 @@ export class EditorContribOptions {
 	readonly suggestOnTriggerCharacters: boolean;
 	readonly acceptSuggestionOnEnter: boolean;
 	readonly snippetSuggestions: 'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none';
+	readonly emptySelectionClipboard: boolean;
 	readonly tabCompletion: boolean;
 	readonly wordBasedSuggestions: boolean;
 	readonly suggestFontSize: number;
@@ -885,6 +890,7 @@ export class EditorContribOptions {
 		suggestOnTriggerCharacters: boolean;
 		acceptSuggestionOnEnter: boolean;
 		snippetSuggestions: 'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none';
+		emptySelectionClipboard: boolean;
 		tabCompletion: boolean;
 		wordBasedSuggestions: boolean;
 		suggestFontSize: number;
@@ -904,6 +910,7 @@ export class EditorContribOptions {
 		this.suggestOnTriggerCharacters = Boolean(source.suggestOnTriggerCharacters);
 		this.acceptSuggestionOnEnter = Boolean(source.acceptSuggestionOnEnter);
 		this.snippetSuggestions = source.snippetSuggestions;
+		this.emptySelectionClipboard = source.emptySelectionClipboard;
 		this.tabCompletion = source.tabCompletion;
 		this.wordBasedSuggestions = source.wordBasedSuggestions;
 		this.suggestFontSize = source.suggestFontSize;
@@ -929,6 +936,7 @@ export class EditorContribOptions {
 			&& this.suggestOnTriggerCharacters === other.suggestOnTriggerCharacters
 			&& this.acceptSuggestionOnEnter === other.acceptSuggestionOnEnter
 			&& this.snippetSuggestions === other.snippetSuggestions
+			&& this.emptySelectionClipboard === other.emptySelectionClipboard
 			&& this.tabCompletion === other.tabCompletion
 			&& this.wordBasedSuggestions === other.wordBasedSuggestions
 			&& this.suggestFontSize === other.suggestFontSize

src/vs/editor/contrib/clipboard/browser/clipboard.ts

@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ class ExecCommandCutAction extends ExecCommandAction {
 	}
 
 	public run(accessor: ServicesAccessor, editor: editorCommon.ICommonCodeEditor): void {
-		if (!browser.enableEmptySelectionClipboard && editor.getSelection().isEmpty()) {
+		var enableEmptySelectionClipboard = editor.getConfiguration().contribInfo.emptySelectionClipboard && browser.enableEmptySelectionClipboard;
+
+		if (!enableEmptySelectionClipboard && editor.getSelection().isEmpty()) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ class ExecCommandCopyAction extends ExecCommandAction {
 	}
 
 	public run(accessor: ServicesAccessor, editor: editorCommon.ICommonCodeEditor): void {
-		if (!browser.enableEmptySelectionClipboard && editor.getSelection().isEmpty()) {
+		var enableEmptySelectionClipboard = editor.getConfiguration().contribInfo.emptySelectionClipboard && browser.enableEmptySelectionClipboard;
+
+		if (!enableEmptySelectionClipboard && editor.getSelection().isEmpty()) {
 			return;
 		}
 

src/vs/monaco.d.ts

@@ -1262,6 +1262,10 @@ declare module monaco.editor {
          * Enable snippet suggestions. Default to 'true'.
          */
         snippetSuggestions?: 'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none';
+        /**
+         * Copying without a selection copies the current line.
+         */
+        emptySelectionClipboard?: boolean;
         /**
          * Enable tab completion. Defaults to 'false'
          */
@@ -1458,6 +1462,7 @@ declare module monaco.editor {
         readonly suggestOnTriggerCharacters: boolean;
         readonly acceptSuggestionOnEnter: boolean;
         readonly snippetSuggestions: 'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none';
+        readonly emptySelectionClipboard: boolean;
         readonly tabCompletion: boolean;
         readonly wordBasedSuggestions: boolean;
         readonly suggestFontSize: number;