public String q1 = "hello\nworld"; When I select the string literal without quotes and copy, I get hello world When I select the string literal with quotes and copy, I get "hello\nworld" This is wonderful. However, if I have public String q = "hello\n" + "world"; When I copy it without quotes I get the following in my clipboard. hello\n" + "world From previous example, I tend to expect the value of String. Please provide a way to copy String Literal values. They are extremely useful for copying SQL queries etc which cannot be written in one line.