From 4734e1c8bc74ba451d7da2e2452f0c4b3b45f986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Lourens <roblourens@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 19:20:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #50893 - escape regex chars when copy search string from
 editor

---
 src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts
index 98768f619cdbe..49f0b837750c8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts
@@ -732,8 +732,12 @@ export class SearchView extends Viewlet implements IViewlet, IPanel {
 		let updatedText = false;
 		const seedSearchStringFromSelection = this.configurationService.getValue<IEditorOptions>('editor').find.seedSearchStringFromSelection;
 		if (seedSearchStringFromSelection) {
-			const selectedText = this.getSearchTextFromEditor();
+			let selectedText = this.getSearchTextFromEditor();
 			if (selectedText) {
+				if (this.searchWidget.searchInput.getRegex()) {
+					selectedText = strings.escapeRegExpCharacters(selectedText);
+				}
+
 				this.searchWidget.searchInput.setValue(selectedText);
 				updatedText = true;
 			}