

To insert the snippet, select Snippet > Insert Snippet from the right-click context menu in a Visual Basic code file. The replacement you make is repeated for every instance of the same replacement parameter in the snippet.įor example, in Visual Basic there's a code snippet that inserts a property. In the previous example, true is a replacement parameter, which you'd replace with the appropriate condition. Snippets can contain replacement parameters, which are placeholders that you must replace to fit the code you're writing. If you select a line of code (for example return FALSE ), and then choose Surround With > if, the snippet is expanded around the line: if (true) In the following example of a surround-with snippet in C++, the shortcut if can be used either as an insertion snippet or as a surround-with snippet. (Or, you can type tryf and press Tab twice.) Select Visual C#, then type tryf, and then press Tab. Select Insert Snippet from the right-click context menu. In the code window, position your cursor where you want to add the snippet.
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Here's how to add this expansion snippet: In the following example of an expansion snippet in C#, the shortcut tryf adds a try-finally block: try Snippet typeĪdded at a specified insertion point and might replace a snippet shortcutĪdded around a selected block of code (available for C# and C++ only) There are two kinds of code snippets you can add to your code. On the menu bar, choose Edit > IntelliSense > Insert Snippetįrom the right-click or context menu in the code editor, choose Snippet > Insert Snippetįrom the keyboard, press Ctrl+ K, Ctrl+ XĮxpansion snippets and surround-with snippets In Visual Studio, there are several different ways you can add a code snippet to a code file: To view all the available snippets for a language, select Tools > Code Snippets Manager from the menu bar (or, press Ctrl+ K, Ctrl+ B) and then select the language you want from the drop-down menu at the top of the dialog box. For Visual Studio for Mac, see Code snippets (Visual Studio for Mac).Ĭode snippets are available for many languages, including C#, C++, and Visual Basic, to name a few. This article applies to Visual Studio on Windows.
