Writing XML Snippets for XML in Visual Studio

Question

I've written a number of XML snippets (specifically snippets for XML files) in Visual Studio and I'm encountering an issue where I use the snippet and am done with the replacement parameters and I want to get out of the replacement part of it, I hit enter at the end of the first line and it takes my cursor back to the beginning of the line.

This is one example:

<Code Language="XML">
  <![CDATA[ <loop id="$Id$" repeat="$Repeat$" ordinal="$Ordinal$">
          //intentional empty line left here
  </loop>]]>
</Code>

I have left out the declarations for brevity.

This snippet generates (with params filled in):

<loop id="1" repeat="10" ordinal="1">
    | <-- would like cursor to end up here
</loop>

And I would like the cursor to end up inside the tag, but when I go to the end of the first line and hit enter, the cursor moves to the beginning of the first line and I have to go back to the end of the first line and hit enter again.

This doesn't seem to me like expected behavior, but maybe it is.

Which IDE?.....

spender
– spender

2018-01-24 12:13:00 +00:00
Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 12:13 — spender
– spender, Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 12:13
@spender - VS - just added that.

Barry Franklin
– Barry Franklin

2018-01-24 12:14:39 +00:00
Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 12:14 — Barry Franklin
– Barry Franklin, Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 12:14

Chrille · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-24 12:16:38Z

1

Use the end variable to position the cursor:

<Code Language="XML">
  <![CDATA[ <loop id="$Id$" repeat="$Repeat$" ordinal="$Ordinal$">
          $end$
  </loop>]]>
</Code>

From MSDN:

$end$ marks the location to place the cursor after the code snippet is inserted.

answered Jan 24, 2018 at 12:16

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Barry Franklin Over a year ago

I knew there was a tag that I was missing!

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