From 092eb0fd2a10963c5afb91c536238113c10fbd62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elio Struyf <elio@struyfconsulting.be>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:11:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #211 - Replace text selection on media insert

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 CHANGELOG.md                |  3 ++-
 src/helpers/MediaHelpers.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8eaf063d..bca654d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 
 ### 🎨 Enhancements
 
+- [#211](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/211): Replace text selection on media inserts
+
 ### 🐞 Fixes
 
 - [#210](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/210): Fix for adding media files with uppercase file extensions
 
-
 ## [5.8.0] - 2021-12-21 - 🎄
 
 ### 🎨 Enhancements
diff --git a/src/helpers/MediaHelpers.ts b/src/helpers/MediaHelpers.ts
index e8bd33dc..05b88b85 100644
--- a/src/helpers/MediaHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/MediaHelpers.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,15 @@ export class MediaHelpers {
             }
           }
 
-          await editor?.edit(builder => builder.insert(new Position(line, character), data.snippet || `![${data.alt || data.caption || ""}](${imgPath})`));
+          const selection = editor?.selection;
+          await editor?.edit(builder => {
+            const snippet = data.snippet || `![${data.alt || data.caption || ""}](${imgPath})`;
+            if (selection !== undefined) {
+              builder.replace(selection, snippet);
+            } else {
+              builder.insert(new Position(line, character), snippet);
+            }            
+          });
         }
         panel.getMediaSelection();
       } else {