06.40 Inserting Code Snippets
DEFAULT | Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X |
VISUAL BASIC 6 | Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X |
VISUAL C# 2005 | Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X; Ctrl+K, X |
VISUAL C++ 2 | [no shortcut] |
VISUAL C++ 6 | Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X |
VISUAL STUDIO 6 | Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X |
WINDOWS | Alt,E, I, I |
MENU | Edit | IntelliSense | Insert Snippet |
COMMAND | Edit.InsertSnippet |
VERSIONS | 2005, 2008, 2010 |
LANGUAGES | C#, VB |
CODE | vstipEdit0051 |
Even though these have been around for a while, a lot of people still don’t fully understand snippets. Let’s assume you are in the editor and you want to create an if statement. You can type it out, but that would be the hard way. Why not just use a snippet? You have several ways to do this.
Tab
Just type if, and press the Tab key twice.
C#
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