How to swap clipboard contents for current selection in Visual Studio

Question

Does anyone know of a simple way to swap whatever is currently in my clipboard with the current mouse selection?

So lets say my clipboard has the text Foo

Answer 1

No generic solution for this exists, so sorry: I anticipate disappointment.

You might be able to build a Visual Studio plugin with an implementation of this, but it isn't a standard solution on any platform besides maybe Vi/Vim or Emacs (and even then I'm not sure).

Answer 2

I know you didn't want a solution that involved installing anything, but I landed on this page with the same question, so I decided to post an answer ( that does include a gui )

install AutoHotKey!

see http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/15-clipboard-hotkey-functions/

Kind regards

Ward