Create Workspace Snippets in VS Code

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Contents

• Using variables
• Surround in snippet
• Other notes

Using variables

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_variables

Surround in snippet

VS Code provides variables for snippets. TM_SELECTED_TEXT places your selected text in the snippet.

To utilize this variable, you can’t rely on autocomplete (because typing would delete your selection).

Open the [Command Palette][https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_command-palette]. Select Snippets: Surround with Snippet…. And select the snippet you’d like to use.

Alternatively, establish a keyboard shortcut for editor.action.showSnippets when editorTextFocus.

{
  "key": "ctrl+alt+s",
  "command": "editor.action.showSnippets",
  "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41191054/using-tm-selected-text-in-my-custom-snippets#48676522

Other notes

• I think that if you want to have language specific project files, you have to build them up as extensions.