Sublime Text 2 code snippet not working in proper scope

Question

I have just written the following snippet, and saved it in the folder Packages/User/HTML as "add-script-source.sublime-snippet."

<snippet>
    <content><![CDATA[
<script type="text/javascript" src="${1:script.js}">${2}</script>
]]></content>
    <!-- Optional: Set a tabTrigger to define how to trigger the snippet -->
    <tabTrigger>scriptsrc</tabTrigger>
    <!-- Optional: Set a scope to limit where the snippet will trigger -->
    <scope>text.html</scope>
</snippet>

Now, I only want this snippet to work in HTML files, but it does not. If I comment out the "scope" tag, it will work in JavaScript, but still not in HTML. I was under the impression that the name of the folder beneath your User folder also gave Sublime Text the appropriate scope (as stated in this video https://tutsplus.com/lesson/your-first-snippet/), this does not appear to do anything. Whenever I set the scope tag to ANYTHING, the snippet does not trigger.

What might the problem be?

Your snippet works fine for me. Are you sure you are setting the file to HTML in the bottom right corner of ST2? — AGS
– AGS, Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 13:25
Maybe you have a conflict with another package. Try disabling any HTML related package (such as Zen coding) and see what happens. — Pier
– Pier, Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 15:12
Okay, it appears as though it IS working, just the helpful sublime text autocomplete doesn't appear, as it does in other languages. Does anyone know why this might be? — Aaron Krajeski
– Aaron Krajeski, Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 19:33

AGS · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-22 17:27:25Z

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"just the helpful sublime text autocomplete doesn't appear, as it does in other languages. Does anyone know why this might be?"

You need to add this to your Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings file.

 "auto_complete_selector": "source, text"

Then give it a description in the snippet file:

<snippet>
    <content><![CDATA[
<script type="text/javascript" src="${1:script.js}">${2}</script>
]]></content>
    <!-- Optional: Set a tabTrigger to define how to trigger the snippet -->
    <tabTrigger>scriptsrc</tabTrigger>
    <!-- Optional: Set a scope to limit where the snippet will trigger -->
    <scope>text.html</scope>
    <description>scriptsrc</description>
</snippet>

edited Oct 22, 2013 at 17:27

answered Oct 21, 2013 at 22:11

AGS

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6 Comments

Aaron Krajeski Over a year ago

Doesn't work. In JavaScript it automatically creates the description from the file name. I don't know why it would be different in HTML.

AGS Over a year ago

Added the solution to my post.

Aaron Krajeski Over a year ago

BAM! That's it! Now can you explain to me why "source - comment" doesn't apply to HTML?

AGS Over a year ago

@mysteryDate, I am not certain, but it seems that the default in ST2 is to only show autocomplete popups when the scope is source.something. Adding that line to your settings file allows popups to appear for text and source scopes.

Rehan Manzoor Over a year ago

thnaks @AGS, it was very helpful.

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