In this case, it is “type” and “name”, along with some default values. They will be able to tab between the things you define here and overwrite them easily. The first part are the Declarations – this contains any things we want the programmer to be able to edit when the code is generated. The snippet itself is defined in two stages. I have used “method”, but you could have “me” or “mth” or whatever is obvious to you. Shortcut contains the thing you need to type to access the snippet. Title,Description and Author are reasonably self-explanatory. Here is the entire file, I’ll explain straight after.
This will be an XML file, but has the special snippet file extension. Start off by creating a file named “method.snippet”. It is a little simplistic, but shows you how to make parts of the snippet user-editable. Similar short-cuts exist for tons of things and it is worth learning a few if you want to avoid nodding off and head-butting your keyboard.īut what if you want to write your own short-cuts? Enter the snippet! Writing a Custom Snippetįor this example, I’m going to show you a snippet that generates an outline for a method. You need to type in the bits it can’t guess – but it is quicker than hand-cranking the stuff that is always the same. Instead of typing: public string MyProperty Īnd hit your tab key a couple of times. If you need to add an auto property in Visual Studio, you are probably aware of the “prop” snippet.
I’m using Visual Studio 2012, but this works just as well in any sensibly modern version of Visual Studio. How to create your own code snippet in Visual Studio
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