From 5277c9dd80a37b751e6e9b7938c5b0387b0d1ac8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Cambier <simon.cambier@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 12:34:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] #212 - pre-fill query with selected text (#286)

---
 src/components/modals.ts | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/modals.ts b/src/components/modals.ts
index 032b6e8..eaeef5d 100644
--- a/src/components/modals.ts
+++ b/src/components/modals.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { App, Modal, TFile } from 'obsidian'
+import { App, MarkdownView, Modal, TFile } from 'obsidian'
 import type { Modifier } from 'obsidian'
 import ModalVault from './ModalVault.svelte'
 import ModalInFile from './ModalInFile.svelte'
@@ -144,11 +144,15 @@ abstract class OmnisearchModal extends Modal {
 export class OmnisearchVaultModal extends OmnisearchModal {
   constructor(app: App, query?: string) {
     super(app)
+
+    // Get selected text
+    const selection = app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView)?.editor.getSelection()
+
     const cmp = new ModalVault({
       target: this.modalEl,
       props: {
         modal: this,
-        previousQuery: query,
+        previousQuery: selection ?? query,
       },
     })