Create custom code snippet in Visual Studio 2008

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Bryan Roth picture Bryan Roth · Sep 22, 2008 · Viewed 13.4k times · Source

Like the title says, how do you create custom code snippets in Visual Studio 2008?

Answer

John Sheehan picture John Sheehan · Sep 22, 2008

This was just released too: http://codeplex.com/SnippetDesigner

The Snippet Designer is a plugin which enhances the Visual Studio IDE to allow a richer and more productive code snippet experience...

Features

A Snippet editor integrated inside of the IDE which supports C#, Visual Basic, JavaScript, HTML, XML and SQL

  • Access it by opening any .snippet file or going to File -> New -> File -> Code Snippet File
  • It uses the native Visual Studio code editor so that you can write the snippets in the same enviorment you write your code.
  • It lets you easily mark replacements by a convenient right click menu.
  • It displays properties of the snippet inside the Visual Studio properties window...

A Snippet Explorer tool window to search snippets on your computer.

  • It is located under View -> Other Windows -> Snippet Explorer
  • This tool window contains a code preview window which lets to peek inside the snippet to see what it is without opening the file.
  • Maintains an index of snippets on your computer for quick searching.
  • Provides a quick way to find a code snippet to use, edit or delete...

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