Detect clicking on a line number

[ArturoDent]

Is it possible to know when a line number is clicked on?

[alefragnani]

Hi @ArturoDent ,

If you mean the line number displayed in the gutter, then no, there is no click event of any sort. If you mean to know when the user clicks anywhere in the text, there is no event either, but you can use vscode.window.onDidChangeTextEditorSelection event, looking at the event property to be TextEditorSelectionChangeKind.Mouse.

On the other hand, if you want to know when the line number in the gutter is clicked, to add something to the context menu, similar to the Add Breakpoint and Copy vscode.dev link. entries, you must contribute to the "editor/lineNumber/context" entry in the "menus" contribution point.

Hope this helps

[ArturoDent]

Thanks, I will see if the TextEditorSelectionChangeKind.Mouse will work for me. Maybe together with determining that the entire line was selected - as clicking on the line number will do.